Trial reportJournal of substance abuse treatment2010
A randomized trial of transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation as adjunctive treatment for opioid detoxification.
Trial report in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00742170 (Transdermal Electroacupuncture for Opioid Detoxification), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Transdermal Electroacupuncture for Opioid Detoxification
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Characterising the Features of 381 Clinical Studies Evaluating Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Pain Relief: A Secondary Analysis of the Meta-TENS Study to Improve Future Research.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Buprenorphine for managing opioid withdrawal.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Effects of Transcutaneous Electroacupuncture Stimulation (TEAS) on Eyeblink, EEG, and Heart Rate Variability (HRV): A Non-Parametric Statistical Study Investigating the Potential of TEAS to Modulate Physiological Markers.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the NET Device™ for reducing withdrawal symptom severity during opioid discontinuation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Managing Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms During the Fentanyl Crisis: A Review.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2024Review
- A randomized, sham-controlled, quintuple-blinded trial to evaluate the NET device as an alternative to medication for promoting opioid abstinence.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
- Delivering transcutaneous auricular neurostimulation (tAN) to improve symptoms associated with opioid withdrawal: results from a prospective clinical trial.Bioelectronic medicine · 2022Article
- Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation for Moderate to Severe Pain in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2022Article
- Decision tree model based prediction of the efficacy of acupuncture in methadone maintenance treatment.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation (tAN): A Novel Adjuvant Treatment in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Acupuncture combined with medication for opioid use disorder in adults: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Efficacy of Acupuncture for Treating Opioid Use Disorder in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Review
- Acupuncture therapy for drug addiction.Chinese medicine · 2016Article
- Targeting Neuronal Networks with Combined Drug and Stimulation Paradigms Guided by Neuroimaging to Treat Brain Disorders.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2015Review
- Trial of tramadol plus gabapentin for opioid detoxification.Iranian Red Crescent medical journal · 2015Article
- Efficacy of acupuncture for psychological symptoms associated with opioid addiction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2014Review
- Offering acupuncture as an adjunct for tobacco cessation: a community clinic experience.Health promotion practice · 2013Article
- Changes in religious coping and relapse to drug use among opioid-dependent patients following inpatient detoxification.Journal of religion and health · 2012Article
- Newer approaches to opioid detoxification.Industrial psychiatry journal · 2012Article
- Effects of transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation on drug use and responses to cue-induced craving: a pilot study.Chinese medicine · 2012Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This pilot study tested the effectiveness of transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation (TEAS) as an adjunctive treatment for inpatients receiving opioid detoxification with buprenorphine-naloxone at a private psychiatric hospital. Participants (N = 48) were randomly assigned to active or sham TEAS and received three 30-minute treatments daily for 3 to 4 days. In active TEAS, current was set to maximal tolerable intensity (8-15 mA); in sham TEAS, it was set to 1 mA. By 2 weeks postdischarge, participants in active TEAS were less likely to have used any drugs (35% vs. 77%, p < .05). They also reported greater improvements in pain interference (F = 4.52, p < .05) and physical health (F = 4.84, p < .01) over time. TEAS is an acceptable, inexpensive adjunctive treatment that is feasible to implement on an inpatient unit and may be a beneficial adjunct to pharmacological treatments for opioid detoxification.
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