Auricular acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment for cocaine addiction. A pilot study
Item
Title
Auricular acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment for cocaine addiction. A pilot study
Author(s)
Date
1998
volume
7(2)
pages
164-170
Research Type
RCT
Keywords
Abstract
The authors conducted a single-blind study of auricular acupuncture in 36 cocaine-dependent inpatient veterans on a substance abuse treatment unit to determine whether the treatment could help reduce craving, increase treatment retention, and prevent relapse. Acupuncture was given on a predetermined schedule to both treatment and control groups, with status assessed regularly by independent, blinded raters. The study failed to show a significant difference between treatment and control groups. However, the study patients, as a whole, did remain in treatment longer than a retrospectively analyzed group who received no acupuncture
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has health condition studied
Substance-Related Disorders
plan
>1/WK
has study population number
36
has duration
12 Weeks