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| '''Acupuncture detoxification''' is the use ] on the ] as part of standard ] and ] programs.<ref name=Otto2003>{{cite journal |author=Otto KC |title=Acupuncture and substance abuse: a synopsis, with indications for further research |journal=Am J Addict |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=43–51 |year=2003 |url=http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Acupuncture_and_Substance_Abuse__A_Synopsis,_with_Indications_for_Further_Research.pdf | format = pdf|pmid=12623739 |doi=10.1080/10550490390143349}}</ref> Evidence supporting the use of auricular acupuncture (including a ] review) to treat addictions is largely based on anecdotal and clinical reports. Reviews of randomized controlled studies have concluded that there is insufficient evidence and/or a lack of properly-designed trials that demonstrate its effectiveness.<ref name="pmid16716845">{{cite journal |author=Jordan JB |title=Acupuncture treatment for opiate addiction: a systematic review |journal=J Subst Abuse Treat |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=309–14 |year=2006 |month=June |pmid=16716845 |doi=10.1016/j.jsat.2006.02.005 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0740-5472(06)00043-2}}</ref><ref name="pmid16437523">{{cite journal |author=Gates S, Smith LA, Foxcroft DR |title=Auricular acupuncture for cocaine dependence |journal=] |volume= |issue=1 |pages=CD005192 |year=2006 |pmid=16437523 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD005192.pub2}}</ref> A ] ] trial found no benefit to the treatment and raised concerns over its widespread use.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Bearn J, Swami A, Stewart D, Atnas C, Giotto L, Gossop M |title=Auricular acupuncture as an adjunct to opiate detoxification treatment: effects on withdrawal symptoms |journal=J Subst Abuse Treat |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=345–9 |year=2009 |month=April |pmid=19004596 |doi=10.1016/j.jsat.2008.08.002 |url=}}</ref> | |||
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP 45) for Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment highlights the effectiveness of acupuncture detoxification for reducing cravings and withdrawal while improving program retention rates in addictions treatment programs. <ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat5.chapter.85279</ref> The 1997 National Institute of Health Consensus Statement on acupuncture also affirms that that acupuncture is beneficial as part of integrative addictions treatment<ref>National Institutes of health. Acupuncture. NIH Consensus Statement 1997 Nov 3-5. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, 1999.</ref>. The National Acupuncture Detoxification Association's (NADA) member publication, Guidepoints, has provided reports on relevant clinical outcomes that have been collected since the early 1970's,<ref>see www.acudetox.com/aboutus</ref>, when the technique was pioneered at the ] in ] by ] Michael Smith during a period of high heroin use in the 1970s.<ref name=Otto2003/> | |||
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