Disclosed are double stranded antisense nucleic acid complexes that can efficiently alter the processing of RNA in a cell via an antisense effect and methods for using the same. One method comprises contacting with the cell a double stranded nucleic acid complex comprising: a first nucleic acid strand annealed to a second nucleic acid strand wherein: the first nucleic acid strand comprises (i) nucleotides independently selected from natural DNA nucleotides modified DNA nucleotides and nucleotide analogs (ii) no regions that have 4 or more consecutive natural DNA nucleotides (iii) the total number of natural DNA nucleotides modified DNA nucleotides and nucleotide analogs in the first nucleic acid strand is from 8 to 100 and (iv) the first nucleic acid strand is capable of hybridizing to RNA inside of the cell; and the second nucleic acid strand comprises nucleotides independently selected from natural RNA nucleotides modified RNA nucleotides and nucleotide analogs.