Combination of Acupuncture and Fluoxetine for Depression: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Trial

200965 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Yang Xinbo · Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bao‐Liang Zhong · Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Abstract

Additionally applied standardized acupuncture to low-dose fluoxetine for depression is as effective as a recommended dose of fluoxetine treatment. Depressive patients with severe anxious symptoms and/or intolerable side-effects of antidepressants can benefit from it.

Topics & Keywords

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Pain Management and Placebo Effect

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volume 15, Issue 8, pp. 837-844

DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0607

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