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Chemotherapy Side Effects
Self-Hypnosis For Side Effects Of Chemotherapy
Dr. Dale Jacknow et al (1994) published a prospective, randomized controlled study comparing hypnosis to standard treatment (anti-nausea/anti-vomiting medicine) for patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer. It involved the divisions of Pediatrics at the University of California San Francisco and Stanford University School of Medicine.
There was no significant difference in the severity of vomiting between the two groups. The results suggested that self-hypnosis is effective for decreasing the amount of medicine required for nausea and vomiting. Furthermore, self-hypnosis helped decrease anticipatory nausea during chemotherapy.*
*Dale Jacknow, MD, Jeanne M. Tschann, PhD, Michael P. Link, MD, and W. Thomas Boyce, MD: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 15:258-264, 1994.
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