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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Manag Med. 2015 Nov 9;1(1):103.

Table 10.

Non-prescription therapies.

Therapies tried Currently Use therapies
N % N %
Acupuncture 1386 29.0 241 5.0
Dark room 3672 76.7 3277 68.5
Diet 2634 55.0 1809 37.8
hot/cold therapy 3223 67.3 2677 55.9
Magnesium 2387 49.9 1353 28.3
Riboflavin/B2 1511 31.6 743 15.5
Psychotherapy/pain psychologist 800 16.7 245 5.1
Biofeedback/EEG/EMG 932 19.5 176 3.7
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 204 4.3 70 1.5
Light Therapy 265 5.5 102 2.1
Herbals 1570 32.8 616 12.9
Movement Therapy-PT/Yoga… 1024 21.4 415 8.7
Massage 2488 52.0 1244 26.0
Energy Therapy - Reiki 365 7.6 99 2.1
Spiritual/religious resources 744 15.5 515 10.8
other 807 16.9 598 12.5
How often are non-medicinal therapies used
N %
never 279 7.2
rarely 198 5.1
half the time 501 13.0
most times 1024 26.5
always 1855 48.1