Acupuncture for reduction of opioid consumption in chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This review aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture treatment for reducing opioid consumption in patients with chronic pain.

Methods

We will search the following electronic databases from their inception to November 2019: MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, the Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (a Chinese database), the Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator (a Japanese database), and five Korean databases (KoreaMed, Research Information Service System, Korean Studies Information Service System, Database Periodical Information Academic, and Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integra

SUBMITTER: Lee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6940175 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature