Complementary Therapies

"Complementary Therapies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice. They may lack biomedical explanations but as they become better researched some (PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; DIET; ACUPUNCTURE) become widely accepted whereas others (humors, radium therapy) quietly fade away, yet are important historical footnotes. Therapies are termed as Complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment.

Descriptor ID	D000529
MeSH Number(s)	E02.190
Concept/Terms	Complementary Therapies Complementary Therapies Therapies, Complementary Therapy, Complementary Complementary Medicine Complementary Medicine Medicine, Complementary Alternative Medicine Alternative Medicine Medicine, Alternative Alternative Therapies Alternative Therapies Therapies, Alternative Therapy, Alternative

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Complementary Therapies [E02.190]

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Bar chart showing 70 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2002

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	1	0	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	6	3	9
2003	6	0	6
2004	4	1	5
2005	5	1	6
2006	1	2	3
2007	1	0	1
2008	2	1	3
2009	3	2	5
2010	3	1	4
2011	4	0	4
2012	4	1	5
2013	3	1	4
2014	5	0	5
2015	2	0	2
2016	1	1	2
2018	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2021	2	0	2

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Asadi-Pooya AA, Brigo F, Lattanzi S, Karakis I, Asadollahi M, Trinka E, Talaat El Ghoneimy L, Pretorius C, Contreras G, Daza-Restrepo A, Valente K, D'Alessio L, Turuspekova ST, Aljandeel G, Khachatryan S, Ashkanani A, Tomson T, Kutlubaev M, Guekht A, Alsaadi T, Calle-Lopez Y, Mesraoua B, R?os-Pohl L, Al-Asmi A, Villanueva V, Igwe SC, Kissani N, Jusupova A. Complementary and alternative medicine in epilepsy: A global survey of physicians' opinions. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 04; 117:107835.

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Mesraoua B, Kissani N, Deleu D, Elsheikh L, Ali M, Melikyan G, Hail HA, Wiebe S, Asadi-Pooya AA. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for epilepsy treatment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Epilepsy Res. 2021 02; 170:106538.

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Asadi-Pooya AA, Homayoun M, Sharifi S. Complementary and integrative medicine in epilepsy: What patients and physicians perceive. Epilepsy Behav. 2019 12; 101(Pt A):106545.

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Bielory L. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Allergy-Immunology: More Information is Needed. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Jan - Feb; 6(1):99-100.

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Leiby A, Vazirani M. Complementary, Integrative, and Holistic Medicine: Integrative Approaches to Pediatric Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Pediatr Rev. 2016 Apr; 37(4):e10-5.

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Qaseem A, Barry MJ, Kansagara D. Nonpharmacologic Versus Pharmacologic Treatment of Adult Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2016 Mar 01; 164(5):350-9.

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Goldstein JN, Ibrahim SA, Frankel ES, Mao JJ. Race, Pain, and Beliefs Associated with Interest in Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Inner City Veterans. Pain Med. 2015 Aug; 16(8):1467-74.

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Lantos PM, Shapiro ED, Auwaerter PG, Baker PJ, Halperin JJ, McSweegan E, Wormser GP. Unorthodox alternative therapies marketed to treat Lyme disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 15; 60(12):1776-82.

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Kern J, Bielory L. Complementary and alternative therapy (CAM) in the treatment of allergic rhinitis. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2014 Dec; 14(12):479.

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Goldstein JN, Long JA, Arevalo D, Ibrahim SA, Mao JJ. US veterans use vitamins and supplements as substitutes for prescription medication. Med Care. 2014 Dec; 52(12 Suppl 5):S65-9.

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