Clinical Research of Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Acupoint Catgut Embedding Therapy / 浙江中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective] To investigate the effect and safety of acupoint catgut embedding therapy on treating rheumatoid arthritis. [Method] Using the randomized controlled method, 87 RA patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group, the treatment group 45 cases, control group 42 cases. Treatment group with acupuncture point bury line therapy, basic acupointsShenshu(BL23), Ganshu(BL18), Dazhu(BL 11),Pishu(BL 20),Geshu(BL 17);With holes according to the patients with lesion to find acupoints. Control group to methotrexate 15 mg per week, folic acid 0.4 mg/qd, prednisone acetate tablets 10 mg/qd, a total of eight weeks after treatment in both groups, evaluation of two groups of patients after treatment of joint disease activity score(DAS-28), long-term efficacy and safety. [Results] At the end of the two groups of patients, treatment after the end of March DAS-28 score was improved significantly, the difference was statistically significant(P0.05 or higher). In six months after the treatment, the treatment way of DAS-28 score<2.6 points in 29 cases, 19 cases in the control group patients DAS-28 score<2.6 points, the long-term clinical curative effect comparison of two groups of patients, the difference was statistically significant(χ2=4.53,P=0.033<0.05), long curative effect in clinical treatment group was better than the control group. The treatment group adverse reactions occurred in 2 cases, control group for 9 cases, two groups of comparisons difference statistically significant(χ2=5.49,P=0.019<0.05), treatment group security was better than the control group. [Conclusion] Acupoint catgut embedding therapy can improve clinical symptoms in patients with RA, and the forward curative effect and adverse reactions were superior to drug therapy, providing more choices for clinical treatment of RA.