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What is Magnetic Therapy?

Magnetic Therapy is an alternative medicine practice involving the use of static magnetic fields. Practitioners claim that subjecting certain parts of the body to magnetostatic fields produced by permanent magnets has beneficial health effects.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose	# of patients	# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
pain reliefreduction of swellingmore restful sleeprelief of stressincreased cellular oxygenimproved blood circulation; side effects: none	2	1
pain reliefreduction of swelling* improved tissue alkalinization* more restful sleep* increased tissue oxygenation* relief of stress* increased levels of cellular oxygen* improved blood circulation * anti-infective activity	2	1
Magnetic Necklace for back and neck and braclet for elbow and wrist.	2	1
Dizziness (vertigo)	1	1
Migraine headaches	1	0

See all 6 patients currently using Magnetic Therapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	0
Moderate	0
Mild	0
None	3

Reported Schedules

3,000 other all the time (24/7)	30minutes as needed	1 other daily	10 min weekly	12 hr daily	24 hr daily
1	1	1	1	1	1

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼ Reported Duration Hide details ▲

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Magnetic Therapy

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0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	0	0	1	1	1

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Magnetic Therapy

Always	1	33%
Usually	1	33%
Sometimes	1	33%
Never	0	0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Magnetic Therapy

Very	0	0%
Somewhat	0	0%
A little	0	0%
Not at all	3	100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Magnetic Therapy

$200+	0	0%
$100-199	0	0%
$50-99	0	0%
$25-49	0	0%
< $25	0	0%

Patient Evaluations

See all 3 patient evaluations

desi12

Sex: F

Pain: Most

Fatigue: Some

Sleep: Little

Stiffness: Some

function: Some

external_stress: All

Stickman: some
Description:F48y
CFS:?y
FM:3y Dx
desi12

1 other daily

since Sep 20, 2010
Efficacy Slight for Magnetic Necklace for back and neck and braclet for elbow and wrist.
Side Effects None
Advice/Tips When the spine pain is really bad towards the neck, I sometimes hook the bracelet onto the necklace and let it hang on my back which helps. This works if my... See full evaluation