Comparison of Acupuncture and Fluoxetine in the relief of pain in the patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (A clinical trial)

Authors
Category Primary study
Registry of TrialsIranian Registry of Clinical Trials
Year 2010
INTERVENTION: Acupuncture at specific acupoints, three times weekly for two weeks Fluoxetine, 20 mg capsule every morning for 8 weeks Intervention 1: Fluoxetine, 20 mg capsule every morning for 8 weeks. Intervention 2: Acupuncture at specific acupoints, three times weekly for two weeks. Treatment ‐ Drugs Treatment ‐ Other CONDITION: Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia. ; Fibromyalgia PRIMARY OUTCOME: Pain. Timepoint: Baseline and 2, 4, and 8 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: VAS & FIQ. SECONDARY OUTCOME: Fibromyalgia signs and symptoms. Timepoint: Baseline and 2, 4, and 8 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: via VAS & FIQ questionnaire. INCLUSION CRITERIA: INCLUSION CRITERIA: history of the presence of at least 3 months of widespread pain that is bilateral, on the both above and below the waist, pain on palpation of at least 11 of 18 predefined tender points Exclusion Criteria: abnormal lab data, night employment
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