Diane
29-08-2007, 04:33 PM
Interesting little piece of info (http://www.medpagetoday.com/PainManagement/PainManagement/dh/6523). Excerpt: Women in a randomized study who underwent brief hypnosis immediately before lumpectomy or biopsy required a third less of the sedative propofol (Diprivan) and significantly less (P<0.001) anesthetic lidocaine (Xylocaine) during their procedure than controls, according to a report in the Sept. 5 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Hypnotized patients also reported less pain intensity after surgery (P<0.001) and their institutional cost per patient was $772.71 lower than controls, said Guy H. Montgomery, Ph.D., of Mount Sinai School of Medicine here, and colleagues.
"It has taken us a century and a half to rediscover the fact that the mind has something to do with pain and can be a powerful tool in controlling it," commented David Spiegel, M.D., of Stanford University, in an accompanying editorial.
Hypnotized patients also reported less pain intensity after surgery (P<0.001) and their institutional cost per patient was $772.71 lower than controls, said Guy H. Montgomery, Ph.D., of Mount Sinai School of Medicine here, and colleagues.
"It has taken us a century and a half to rediscover the fact that the mind has something to do with pain and can be a powerful tool in controlling it," commented David Spiegel, M.D., of Stanford University, in an accompanying editorial.