TY - JOUR T1 - NICE Guidelines on Complementary/Alternative Medicine: More Consistency and Rigour are Needed JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 695 LP - 695 DO - 10.3399/bjgp09X454232 VL - 59 IS - 566 AU - Edzard Ernst AU - Rohini Terry Y1 - 2009/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/59/566/695.abstract N2 - Recent NICE guidelines have recommended that patients suffering from persistent, non-specific low back pain should be offered ‘one of the following treatment options, taking into account patient preference: an exercise programme, a course of manual therapy, or a course of acupuncture’.1 No previous document by NICE has been so explicitly positive about complementary/alternative medicine (CAM). This, it seems, is a good occasion to review the totality of the recommendations from NICE guidelines in respect to CAM.As of July 2009, NICE have published 88 clinical guidelines.2 We have reviewed 83 of these (five have been replaced and were no longer available). The majority of … ER -