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Cochrane Reviews, 11/01/07
Law, S.K., et al. - The objective of this review was to assess the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture compared with other treatments, no treatment, or placebo in patients with glaucoma...Conclusions: At this time, it is impossible to draw reliable conclusions from the available data to support the use of acupuncture for the treatment of glaucoma. Since most glaucoma patients currently cared for by ophthalmologists do not use non-traditional therapy, the clinical practice decisions will have to be based on physician judgement and patients' value given this lack of data in the literature
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