ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2012
Acupuncture for the treatment of opiate addiction.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03012373 (Efficacy of Acupuncture as an Adjunct to Methadone Treatment Services for Heroin Addicts), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers.
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Efficacy of Acupuncture as an Adjunct to Methadone Treatment Services for Heroin Addicts
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acupuncture for substance use disorders: a protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Editorial: The role, and underlying neural mechanisms of, physical activity in treating substance and alcohol use disorders.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2025Article
- Acupuncture-related therapies for protracted opioid abstinence syndrome:A systematic review and meta-analysis.Integrative medicine research · 2023Review
- Acupuncture in Addiction Medicine: Its History, Evidence, and Possibilities.Medical acupuncture · 2023Review
- Effects of electroacupuncture on pain sensation in a rat model of hyperalgesia with nicotine dependence.Neural regeneration research · 2022Article
- Laser meridian massage decreased craving in men with opioid use disorder on methadone maintenance treatment.Biomedical journal · 2022Article
- Understandings of acupuncture application and mechanisms.American journal of translational research · 2022Review
- Advances in Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with Chinese Medicine.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2021Review
- Efficacy of Electroacupuncture Combined with Auricular Point Pressing in Improving Mental Well-Being among Individuals with Heroin Use Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial and Pilot Study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
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- Efficacy of Electroacupuncture Combined with Methadone Maintenance Therapy: A Case-Control Study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019Article
- Acupuncture and the Opioid Epidemic in America.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2018Review
- Effects of Electroacupuncture on Methamphetamine-Induced Behavioral Changes in Mice.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017Article
- Acupuncture therapy for drug addiction.Chinese medicine · 2016Article
- Complementary and alternative medicine approaches in the treatment of PTSD.Current psychiatry reports · 2015Review
- 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 posttraumatic stress disorder: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials and prospective clinical trials.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013Article
- An investigation of the use of traditional chinese medicine in stroke patients in taiwan.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2012Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Acupuncture is an accepted treatment worldwide for various clinical conditions, and the effects of acupuncture on opiate addiction have been investigated in many clinical trials. The present review systematically analyzed data from randomized clinical trials published in Chinese and English since 1970. We found that the majority agreed on the efficacy of acupuncture as a strategy for the treatment of opiate addiction. However, some of the methods in several included trials have been criticized for their poor quality. This review summarizes the quality of the study design, the types of acupuncture applied, the commonly selected acupoints or sites of the body, the effectiveness of the treatment, and the possible mechanism underlying the effectiveness of acupuncture in these trials.
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