Clinical efficacy of acupuncture as an adjunct to methadone treatment services for heroin addicts: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 569-586

  Chan, Yuan Yu ^a,b   Lo, Wan Yu ^b,c   Li, Tsai Chung ^b   Shen, Lih Jong ^a   Yang, Szu Nian ^a   Chen, Yi Hung ^b   Lin, Jaung Geng ^b  

^a TAOYUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Clinical Trial; Heroin Addiction; Methadone Maintenance Therapy

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901761231     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X14500372     Document Type: Article

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