Observations on the Therapeutic Effect of Abdominal Acupuncture Combining with Anti-depressant on Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of abdominal acupuncture combining with anti-depressant in treating fibromyalgia syndrome. Methods Fifty patients with fibromyalgia syndrome were randomly allocated to treatment group and control group. The treatment group received abdominal acupuncture combining with anti-depressant and the control group with antidepressant. The therapeutic effects were evaluated using a scale. Results Pain,sleep,depression and other symptoms all improved more in the group of fibromyalgia syndrome patients than in the control group after 3 and 6 weeks of treatmen(tP0.05). Conclusions Abdominal acupuncture combined with anti-depressant is an effective way to treat the fibromyalgia syndrome.