Aromatherapy as a promising adjunctive treatment for acute renal colic pain: an issue that merits further research
a conventional therapy, the intervention group was given aromatherapy (rose essential oil) while the control group received placebo (0.9 NaCl) They found that if conventional therapy accompanied aromatherapy, RC pain decreased significantly. In another similar study, Irmak et al. [1] assessed the effect of lavender oil as an adjuvant treatment of RC pain. They assigned 100 patients in two equal groups, one group received aromatherapy (lavender oil) plus 75 mg intramuscularly diclofenac as the standard medical treatment and the other group only received standard medical therapy. Consistent with Ayan et al. study, they found that aromatherapy significantly reduces the RC pain. Apart from these two studies, we could not find other studies that have focused on the effect of aromatherapy on RC pain. Considering the importance of RC pain management and potential benefits of aromatherapy, it seems that this non pharmacological modality can be used as an effective, inexpensive, and safe analgesic options for RC. However, further well designed clinical trials are warranted to determine the effectiveness of aromatherapy as adjuvant therapy, to reduce RC pain. In this regard, need for a valid and updated trials with larger sample size and more rigorous methodology is crucial.
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