Acupuncture for Hot Flashes: A Randomized Sham Controlled Clinical Study
Acupuncture for Hot Flashes: A Randomized Sham Controlled Clinical Study
Methods: 103 participants, after being randomized to medical versus sham acupuncture received bi-weekly treatments for 5 weeks, after a baseline assessment week. They were then followed for an additional 7 weeks. Participants completed daily hot flash questionnaires, which formed the basis for analysis.
Participants eligible for this study were females aged 45 to 59 with a reported average of ¡Ý 5 hot flashes a day