ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017
Acupuncture for Alcohol Use Disorder: A Meta-Analysis.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Alcohol use-related problems in general hospitals and primary care settings: Screening, intervention, and referral to treatment.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Therapy.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
- Acupuncture for protracted amphetamine abstinence syndrome: study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Procalcitonin for Bacterial Infection in Liver Failure: A Meta-Analysis.Bioinorganic chemistry and applications · 2021Article
- Osimertinib Improves Overall Survival in Patients with Leptomeningeal Metastases Associated withEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Acupuncture attenuates alcohol dependence through activation of endorphinergic input to the nucleus accumbens from the arcuate nucleus.Science advances · 2019Article
- Acupuncture for alcohol use disorder.International journal of physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology · 2018Article
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Empirical research has produced mixed results regarding the effects of acupuncture on the treatment of alcohol use disorder in humans. Few studies have provided a comprehensive review or a systematic overview of the magnitude of the treatment effect of acupuncture on alcoholism. This study investigated the effects of acupuncture on alcohol-related symptoms and behaviors in patients with this disorder. The PubMed database was searched until 23 August 2016, and reference lists from review studies were also reviewed. Seventeen studies were identified for a full-text inspection, and seven (243 patients) of these met our inclusion criteria. The outcomes assessed at the last posttreatment point and any available follow-up data were extracted from each of the studies. Our meta-analysis demonstrated that an acupuncture intervention had a stronger effect on reducing alcohol-related symptoms and behaviors than did the control intervention (
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