A randomized trial of transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation as adjunctive treatment for opioid detoxification

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-21

  Meade, Christina S ^a,b   Lukas, Scott E ^a,b   McDonald, Leah J ^b   Fitzmaurice, Garrett M ^a,b   Eldridge, Jessica A ^b   Merrill, Nancy ^b   Weiss, Roger D ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Opioid dependence; Opioid detoxification; Randomized clinical trial; Transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE PLUS NALOXONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BUPRENORPHINE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 70949089923     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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