Vitamin K1 and Reduced Pain Intensity

• Increase in plasma phylloquinone concentrations following acupoint injection for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.

  • 2014-06
  • RCT
  • Journal of acupuncture and meridian studies 7(3)
  • • Maria T Chao
    • Christine M Wade
    • Sarah L Booth

  • PubMed: 24929459
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jams.2014.01.004

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Pain Intensity

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  higher phylloquinone concentrations were correlated with less pain intensity among women with dysmenorrhea.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes