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Summary of findings: needle acupuncture vs valproate

Nausea · participants with epilepsy (one included study only recruited children with absence epilepsy while another included study recruited both…

Summary of findings: needle acupuncture showed no clear difference in frequency of adverse effects ‐ nausea ( compared with valproate (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for epilepsy 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.14 [0.02, 1.12]
1 study · 100 participants
Low

Summary of findings: needle acupuncture plus valproate vs valproate

Nausea · participants with generalised epilepsy

Summary of findings: needle acupuncture plus valproate showed no clear difference in frequency of adverse effects ‐ nausea ( compared with valproate alone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Acupuncture for epilepsy 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.6 [0.15, 2.36]
1 study · 90 participants
Low