Objective To investigate the influence of combined use of acupuncture and medicine on hype rthyroidism patient's quality of life through a standardized clinical study.Methods The clinical efficacy of acupuncture plus tapazole(10 mg daily)in treating hyperthyroidism and its influence on the quality of lif e were separately observed and validated.Results The total efficacy rate was 92.1% in the acupunctur e-medicine group and 87.5% in the Western medicine group;there was no statisti cally significant difference between the two groups(P0.05).During treatme nt,the patients of the acupuncture-medicine group had no side reaction and the recurrence rate was 6.7% in them.The quality of life was significantly improv ed in the acupuncture-medicine group after treatment as compared with before(P0.05).Conclusion Combined use of acupuncture and antithyroid(t apazole)has the advantages of a good and quick effect,a short course of treatm ent and few side effects in treating hyperthyroidism.Treatment of hyperthyroidi sm by combined use of acupuncture and antithyroid(tapazole)can rapidly rectify bad mental and physiological states and improve the patient's quality of life.

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