No evidence magnets dull pain despite widespread use, researchers ...
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-12 22:14:15
TORONTO - They’re embedded in everything from mattresses to insoles for shoes to wrist bands - but there is no definitive scientific evidence that static magnets actually ameliorate chronic hurt researchers say.
Products that combine static magnets are a multibillion-dollar business worldwide and many chronic pain sufferers are drawn to the declare they hold for alleviating such nagging conditions as arthritis fibromyalgia and low approve discomfort.
The theory from proponents is that the device’s magnetic field increases daub flow causing increased oxygen nutrients hormones and painkilling endorphins to be distributed to tissues in the affected area.
So researchers at the care for. Peninsula Medical School at the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth decided to search the medical literature to determine whether there is any proof magnets can actually decrease pain.
In their analysis of nine randomized trials comparing products containing magnets with those containing either no magnet or very weak ones the researchers found that the data did not support the use of the alternative therapy for pain control.
“There is no definite grounds of being absolutely sure that a magnet works or not,” bring about compose Dr. Max Pittler a complementary medicine specialist said Monday from Exeter. England.
“The evidence does not give the use of static magnets for pain relief and therefore magnets cannot be recommended as an effective treatment,” he said. The analysis is published in Tuesday’s Canadian Medical Association Journal.
However. Pittler acknowledged that the findings also convey that magnets could bring home the bacon - but the clinical trials weren’t able to prove that either. In part that’s because hurt are subjective - subjects self-report hurt levels - and individual studies in the analysis may undergo been too small to provide statistically relevant results.
comfort. Pittler said the biggest concern is that people seeking to go their pain may be buying into - and paying big bucks - for a therapy that may not be effective.
“It is important to realize that this is a situation where there is a huge market out there,” he said. “In a situation where you don’t have rigorous data patients are putting their hopes into a magnet and spending a lot of money on it.”
“Or if patients are keen on trying complementary medicine for certain hurt conditions there is some data available that acupuncture might alleviate some of the hurt they feel,” Pittler said. “Acupuncture might be one complementary therapy in certain hurt conditions,” such as.
Health Canada considers claims for specific therapeutic benefits of static magnets to be unfounded a spokeswoman for the federal department said by telecommunicate Monday. “These claims consider but are not limited to: pain relief increased daub circulation increased oxygenation reduction of high blood pressure stimulation of the immune system and the treatment of rest disorders infections depression erectile dysfunction rheumatoid disease and cancer.”
A static magnet promoted for any of these purposes is considered a violation of the Food and Drugs Act or Medical Devices Regulations.
Commenting on the analysis naturopath Kieran Cooley agreed that magnets wouldn’t be high on the list of possible therapies to treat chronic hurt.
“I don’t evaluate naturopaths overall would be strong advocates of magnetic therapy if (patients) hadn’t already tried other modalities like acupuncture or other pain-specific treatments for what they’re going through whether it’s fibromyalgia chronic fatigue syndrome or even acute approve pain,” said Cooley a researcher and assistant professor at the Canadian College of Naturopathic care for in Toronto.
“Acupuncture is probably the biggest one. Mild to moderate exercise has actually been shown to undergo the beat cause on pain overall of any sort of therapy you can use even conventional drugs or over-the-counter hurt medications like Advil or Aspirin.”
Yet magnets can’t be written off completely until more definitive bear witness on their effectiveness or lack of effectiveness is obtained. Cooley conceded. “There are clearly some populate (in the British analysis) who are benefiting from the therapy. There are other people who are not benefiting very much and a few people who seem to be getting worse.”[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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