Acupuncture for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

Tittel
Acupuncture for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.

Forfatter(e)
Wisniewski J, Manheimer E, Ziea E, Liu J.

Tidsskrift/bok
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006 Oct 18;(4):CD005111.

Årstall
2005

Abstract
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a disorder of altered bowel habits associated with abdominal pain or discomfort. Therapies for irritable bowel syndrome are generally directed at gastrointestinal motor, gastrointestinal sensory, or central nervous system processing; however, the efficacy of such conventional therapies varies from study to study, and the possibility of placebo effects make short-term studies difficult to interpret. The lack of effective therapies for irritable bowel syndrome is accompanied by increased use of complementary and alternative therapies, such as acupuncture. Acupuncture is receiving increasing acceptance in Western medicine for treating certain gastrointestinal disorders. When randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome were evaluated, some trials showed no clear evidence in support of acupuncture as an effective treatment for IBS, although other poor quality trials showed beneficial effects of acupuncture. Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome needs further investigation