Clinical comparison of combining acupuncture and various drug therapies.

Table 2: Clinical comparison of combining acupuncture and various drug therapies.

Disease entity glossopharyngeal neuralgia	# of patients	Great improvement	Moderate improvement	Somewhat or no improvement
Group I with phenytoin	16	9 (56%)	5 (31%)	2 (13%)
Group II with gabapentin	7	3 (43%)	3 (43%)	1 (14%)
Group III with carbamazepine	8	2 (25%)	4 (50%)	2 (25%)
Group IV with amitriptyline & gabapentin	4	2 (50%)	1 (25%)	1 (25%)

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