We evaluated the effect of acupuncture on NSAID resistant dysmenorrhea related pain [measured according to Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)] in 15 consecutive patients. Pain was measured at baseline (T1), mid treatment (T2), end of treatment (T3) and 3 (T4) and 6 months (T5) after the end of treatment. Substantial reduction of pain and NSAID assumption was observed in 13 of 15 patients (87%). Pain intensity was significantly reduced with respect to baseline (average VAS = 8.5), by 64, 72, 60 or 53% at T2, T3, T4 or T5. Greater reduction of pain was observed for primary as compared with secondary dysmenorrhea. Average pain duration at baseline (2.6 days) was significantly reduced by 62, 69, 54 or 54% at T2, T3, T4 or T5. Average NSAID use was significantly reduced by 63, 74, 58 or 58% at T2, T3, T4 or T5, respectively, and ceased totally in 7 patients, still asymptomatic 6 months after treatment. Our findings suggest that acupuncture may be indicated to treat dysmenorrhea related pain, in particular in those subjects in whom NSAID or oral contraceptives are contraindicated or refused.
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机译：我们评估了连续15例患者中针灸治疗对NSAID抵抗性痛经相关疼痛的影响[根据视觉模拟量表（VAS）测量]。在基线（T1），治疗中期（T2），治疗结束（T3）和治疗结束后3（T4）和6个月（T5）测量疼痛。 15名患者中有13名（87％）观察到疼痛和NSAID假设得到了实质性减轻。与基线相比，疼痛强度在T2，T3，T4或T5时降低了64％，72％，60％或53％（平均VAS V = 8.5）。与继发性痛经相比，原发性痛经的减轻更大。在T2，T3，T4或T5时，基线的平均疼痛持续时间（2.6天）显着减少了62％，69％，54或54％。 T2，T3，T4或T5的平均NSAID使用量分别显着减少了63％，74％，58％或58％，并且7例患者完全停止使用，治疗后6个月仍无症状。我们的发现表明，针灸可用于治疗痛经相关的疼痛，尤其是在禁忌或拒绝使用NSAID或口服避孕药的受试者中。
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