Acupuncture a Basic Tool: Expert
Every GP should learn acupuncture as
a basic pain relief tool, clinicians at a medical conference in Dunedin were
told yesterday.
Keynote speaker at the New Zealand
Pain Society's annual scientific meeting in Dunedin was Prof Rollin Gallagher,
from the University of Pennsylvania. A pain medicine specialist, he edits the
academic journal Pain Medicine.
Acupuncture was effective and
non-toxic, but most GPs had no training in the technique. He also spoke in
favour of yoga. By using alternative techniques, opioid use could be reduced.
Those with chronic pain must be
reassured they would not be abandoned by the system, which had to find
cost-effective ways to provide long-term support, Prof Gallagher said.
He spoke about the success of a war
veterans' health programme in the United States which reduced opioid use
through educating providers to use other techniques.
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