Response to Dr. Ganguly

• Authors: Wei Huang, Emory University; Nancy Kutner, Emory University; Donald Bliwise, Emory University
• Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
• Volume: Volume 7, Number 4
• Publisher: American Academy of Sleep Medicine | 2011-08-15, Pages 412-412
• Type of Work: Article | Post-print: After Peer Review
• Publisher DOI: http://doi.org/10.5664/JCSM.1210
• Subjects: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

We thank Dr. Ganguly for his comments about our article. We agree that the jury is still out regarding whether acupuncture may play a role in the treatment of insomnia. As we have pointed out in our review of this literature (following up on the Cochrane review and including studies not published in English), rigorously controlled randomized clinical trials (RCTs) will be needed to sort out the many issues involved.