Extract:
A New Use for Acupuncture
Over the years, acupuncture has become a more widely accepted type of alternative medicine. It is used for a wide variety of ailments, and if a recent study from Germany is valid, relieving menstrual pain can be added to the continuously growing list.
Traditionally nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the typical treatment for menstrual discomfort. However, as many consumers and physicians are aware, NSAIDs have a number of side effects, including nausea, vomiting, rash, dizziness, headache, and drowsiness. Acupuncture rarely has any kind of side effects other than the occasional stinging sensation when the needle is inserted or a deep ache around it after it is in place.
Acupuncture has proven helpful with relieving a number of kinds of pain, so researchers at Charité University Medical Center in Berlin wanted to find out how effective it might be in combating cramps and other menstrual discomforts. More than 200 women were enrolled in the study, and after three months and approximately 10 sessions, the women who were treated with acupuncture reported significantly less pain than those in the control group who received no treatment at all. They also reported a 33 percent improvement in their symptoms. Because of these findings, the researchers came to the conclusion that “acupuncture should be considered as a viable option in the management of these patients.”
Which detail is not given as a side effect of NSAIDs?
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A
Nausea
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B
Headache
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C
Weight loss
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D
Dizziness
The detail not listed as an NSAID side effect is weight loss, while nausea, headache, and dizziness appear, weight loss never receives mention.
A) Nausea
Explicitly listed: "side effects, including nausea, vomiting, rash, dizziness, headache, and drowsiness."
B) Headache
Explicitly listed in the side effect catalog.
C) Weight loss
Never mentioned. The passage lists six specific side effects without including weight loss or weight changes.
D) Dizziness
Explicitly listed in the side effect catalog.
Conclusion
Three side effects appear explicitly in the enumerated list. Weight loss represents an unstated potential side effect absent from this passage's specific NSAID complication catalog.