Clinical efficacy for electro-acupuncture and paroxetine in treatment of panic disorder

VernacularTitle:电针与帕罗西汀治疗惊恐障碍的临床疗效
Author: Weiwei SONG ¹ ; Lan YAN ; Hu ZHOU
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1. 解放军94医院门诊部
Keywords: paroxetine; electro-acupuncture; panic disorder
From: Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice 2014;(5):376-378
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of the treatment of panic disorder by electro-acupuncture(EA) and paroxetine.Methods 59 patients were randomly divided into paroxetine group (30 cases) and EA group (29 cases), the therapeutic course was 4 weeks.SAS, HAMA, CGI-EI, BI scale were given to evaluate the efficacy and adverse reactions at 1,2,4 weekend before treatment and after treatment .Results EA group total effective rate was 86 .66%, the paroxetine group total effective rate was 82.76%, the two groups total efficacy difference was not statistically significant;efficacy index and onset time between the two groups had significant differences .Conclusion The overall curative effects were similar in patients of the two groups , but onset short electro-acupuncture , the curative effect was high and adverse reactions were fewer .