Auricular Point Acupressure: Examining the Scientific Underpinnings of Pain Relief

Exclusion Criteria

• •Use of an investigational agent for pain control concurrently or within the past 30 days;
• •Use of an implantable drug delivery systems, e.g. Medtronic Synchromed
• •Prior celiac plexus block, or other neurolytic pain control treatment
• •Other identified causes of painful paresthesia existing prior to chemotherapy (e.g., radiation or malignant plexopathy, lumbar or cervical radiculopathy, pre-existing peripheral neuropathy of another etiology
• •Allergy to latex (the tapes for the APA include latex).