Acupuncture for postherpetic neuralgia: a systematic review protocol

Acupuncture for postherpetic neuralgia: a systematic review protocol

INTRODUCTION Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is one of the most common complications following herpes zoster. Clinical trials indicate that acupuncture could reduce pain and discomfort among patients with PHN. This protocol aims to describe how to accumulate the current evidence on the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for treating PHN. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This systematic review will electroni...

Analgesic Therapy in Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Quantitative Systematic Review

BACKGROUND Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a complication of acute herpes zoster, which is emerging as a preferred clinical trial model for chronic neuropathic pain. Although there are published meta-analyses of analgesic therapy in PHN, and neuropathic pain in general, the evidence base has been substantially enhanced by the recent publication of several major trials. Therefore, we have conduc...

Treatment of postherpetic neuralgia: a systematic review of the literature.

OBJECTIVES We wanted to determine whether any treatment had been shown to reduce pain or disability from postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a common sequela of herpes zoster in elderly patients. STUDY DESIGN We undertook a systematic review of English-language randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of treatments of PHN with evaluation periods longer than 24 hours. DATA SOURCES We systematically sea...

Acupuncture for osteoporosis: a systematic review protocol

BACKGROUND Osteoporosis is a global high prevalence of chronic metabolic disease with serious disability-adjusted life years losing. Acupuncture is used to treat osteoporosis broadly in China and other countries although the evidence on effectiveness cannot give a certain answer. The aim of this systematic review protocol is to appraise the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for osteoporosis. ...

Postherpetic neuralgia.