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ArticleMedicines (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Ear Acupuncture according to the NADA (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association).

Gerhard Litscher

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Article in Medicines (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06543355 (The Acupuncture for Pain, Opioid Use Disorder and Mood), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06543355 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

The Acupuncture for Pain, Opioid Use Disorder and Mood (AcuPOM) Study: A Pilot Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorAlbert Einstein College of MedicineRan2025 to 2025Enrolled17ConditionsChronic Pain, Opioid Use Disorder, Mood Change, Opioid MisuseArmsModified Battlefield Acupuncture + National Acupuncture Detoxification Association protocol
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gerhard LitscherResearch Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, Research Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and TCM Research Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 39, EG19, 8036 Graz, Austria. gerhard.litscher@medunigraz.at.ORCID 0000-0001-6287-0130
Medical University of Graz · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This editorial is a brief report on the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) ear acupuncture and is intended to briefly summarize the main scientific work. The complementary addiction-detoxification auricular acupuncture method has not been sufficiently experimentally explored in many areas. There have been clinical studies, some of which contradict the success. A total of 27 referenced publications were found that refer to the method that has existed for many decades and should be briefly listed here.

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ear acupunctureNational Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA)

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PMID30935106
PMCPMC6630623
OpenAlexW2933926321

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