Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18-80 (full criteria)
Location
at UC Irvine
Dates
study started
study ends around
Principal Investigator
by Ariana Nelson, MD (uci)

Description

Summary

This study aims to see whether acupuncture can help fibromyalgia patients by giving them acupuncture treatment and seeing whether acupuncture helps enhance the effects of an opioid.

Details

The investigator hypothesizes that traditional acupuncture (TA) enhances binding of the MOR receptor which will then enhance the pain-reducing effects of opioids compared to sham acupuncture (SA). The investigator will test the hypothesis by giving participants a validated Brief Pain Inventory to complete during the pre-therapy opioid challenge and one week after TA or SA therapy is completed.

Keywords

Fibromyalgia, Acupunture, Myofascial Pain Syndromes, Traditional Acupuncture

Eligibility

Location

  • UCI Health Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute accepting new patients
    Irvine California 92617 United States

Lead Scientist at University of California Health

  • Ariana Nelson, MD (uci)
    Associate Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, School of Medicine. Authored (or co-authored) 46 research publications