The effect of acupuncture on the acute withdrawal symptoms from Rapid Opiate Detoxification

Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 173-177

  Montazeri, Kamran ^a   Farahnakian, Mehdi ^a   Saghaei, Mahmood ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Narcotics; Substance withdrawal syndrome

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONIDINE; DIAMORPHINE; DIAZEPAM; NALOXONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL INSTITUTE NARCOTIC ASSESSMENT SCORE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GOOSEFLESH; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INSOMNIA; LACRIMATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NOSE CONGESTION; OPIATE ADDICTION; RESTLESSNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; TREMOR; VOMITING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YAWNING;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; NALOXONE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0036919884     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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