A Patient with Chronic Back Pain That Is Unrelieved by Prescription

question 3

Multiple Choice

A patient with chronic back pain that is unrelieved by prescription analgesic medications asks a primary care nurse practitioner (NP) about acupuncture treatments.The NP should tell this patient:

• A) biofield therapy has been shown to be more effective than acupuncture.
• B) creatine has been shown to be an effective herbal choice to treat back pain.
• C) there is no valid research documenting the efficacy of this treatment for pain.
• D) most studies that show benefits of alternative therapies are based on observation.

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