Combining fire needle plus cupping with famciclovir and gabapentin in the treatment of acute herpes zoster: a revised intervention approach
Ying Zhang, Ming Jing, Lan Wang, Zuohui Liang, Qiannan Xu, Qifu Li, Shihua Li · 2024
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Ying Zhang and co-authors test a blended treatment for shingles in this 2024 trial report. Acute herpes zoster brings a painful blistering rash, and pain that lingers after the rash is a feared outcome. The trial compared standard drugs alone, an antiviral plus a nerve pain drug, against the same drugs plus fire needle treatment with cupping.
Eighty-four patients were split between the two arms for one week of care. Both groups improved, but the blended group reported a far bigger drop in pain and symptom scores. Side effects were also rarer in the blended group, and far fewer of its patients went on to lingering nerve pain. The authors treat the needle work as an add-on, not a stand-alone cure, and note the trial lacked a sham control group.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ying Zhang, Ming Jing, Lan Wang, Zuohui Liang, Qiannan Xu, Qifu Li, Shihua Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |