ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2003
Acupuncture for substance abuse.
Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acupuncture for protracted opioid abstinence syndrome: study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Efficacy of acupuncture for psychological symptoms associated with opioid addiction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2014Review
- Acupuncture for the treatment of opiate addiction.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2012Article
- Acupuncture-related techniques for the treatment of opiate addiction: a case of translational medicine.Frontiers of medicine · 2011Review
- Body Acupuncture for Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2010Article
- Acupuncture for the treatment of drug addiction.Neurochemical research · 2008Review
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Abstract
Acupuncture, in the form of insertion of needles bilaterally in the outer ears, is widely used for the treatment of addiction in the US. However, support for this form of treatment from controlled studies has not been consistent. This article examines recent clinical trials of acupuncture for addiction treatment, with a goal of conveying to the reader some of the complex issues involved in conducting studies in this area. Acupuncture trials in addictions frequently have been conducted without preliminary dose-ranging studies to establish efficacious doses of the experimental treatment, use needle insertion controls of unknown degrees of activity, and present no rationale for the type or intensity of concurrently offered psychotherapy. At the present time, it is premature to put forth recommendations for or against acupuncture for the treatment of addiction based on evidence from extant studies.
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