ACUPUNCTURE RELIEF OF CHRONIC PAIN SYNDROME CORRELATES WITH INCREASED PLASMA MET-ENKEPHALIN CONCENTRATIONS

R. Sanford Kiser; RobertJ Gatchel; Krishin Bhatia; Manoochehr Khatami; Xing Ya Huang; KennethZ Altshuler

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(83)90925-X

ACUPUNCTURE RELIEF OF CHRONIC PAIN SYNDROME CORRELATES WITH INCREASED PLASMA MET-ENKEPHALIN CONCENTRATIONS

R. Sanford Kiser, RobertJ Gatchel, Krishin Bhatia, Manoochehr Khatami, Xing Ya Huang, KennethZ Altshuler

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In twenty patients with chronic pain syndrome, acupuncture treatment resulted in significant improvement of both pain and psychiatric symptoms and higher plasma concentrations of met-enkephalin. Plasma beta-endorphin concentrations were unchanged. The degree of symptom relief was correlated with the increase in plasma met-enkephalin.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1394-1396
Number of pages	3
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	322
Issue number	8364
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(83)90925-X
State	Published - Dec 17 1983

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