Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Comparison of Acupuncture and Titrated (TM) Morphine in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Room (ER) With Acute Renal Colic (RC)
Brief Summary: The aim of this study is to compare the clinical efficacy and safety profiles of a 30 minutes acupuncture session performed at an ER of a tertiary hospital versus titrated intravenous morphine in the management of acute severe pain syndromes (defined as a visual analogue scale (VAS) score >/= 70) taking for example acute renal colic.