Treatment Side Effects

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• Evidence shows that acupuncture, when performed by trained individuals, is a safe procedure with a low incidence of significant side effects.

• Feelings of relaxation are typically reported by up to 86% of patients.

• The most common adverse events are:

  • • Needle pain (1% to 45%)

    • Tiredness (2% to 41%)

    • Bleeding (0.03% to 38%)

    • Feelings of faintness and syncope (0% to 0.3%)

    • Pneumothorax, occurring only twice in nearly a quarter of a million treatments (0.001%)

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