Acupuncture in pregnancy; primum non nocere

R. Hastie; B. W. Mol; S. Tong

doi:10.1111/1471-0528.15976

Acupuncture in pregnancy; primum non nocere

R. Hastie
, B. W. Mol^*
, S. Tong

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

It is thought that around 10% of pregnant women turn to acupuncture to alleviate troublesome pregnancy ailments: vomiting, pelvic, back and even labour pain, and to induce labour (Martensson et al. Midwifery 2011;27:87–92). Within this unregulated field, the available literature is of insufficient quality to show whether acupuncture is safe or effective.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	87
Number of pages	1
Journal	BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Volume	127
Issue number	1
Early online date	4 Nov 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.15976
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020

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Dr Mol reports other support from NHMRC, personal fees from ObsEva, personal fees and other support from Merck, personal fees from Guerbet, other support from Guerbet, grants from Merck, outside the submitted work. Drs Hastie and Tong have no disclosures. Completed disclosure of interest forms are available to view online as supporting information.

Keywords

Acupuncture Therapy
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Republic of Korea
Retrospective Studies

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