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Acupuncture detoxification is the use acupuncture on the outer ear as part of standard drug and alcohol detoxification programs. Evidence supporting the use of auricular acupuncture (including a Cochrane Collaboration 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. A randomized placebo trial found no benefit to the treatment and raised concerns over its widespread use.
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. The 1997 National Institute of Health Consensus Statement on acupuncture also affirms that that acupuncture is beneficial as part of integrative addictions treatment. 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,, when the technique was pioneered at the Lincoln Memorial Hospital in New York City by psychiatrist Michael Smith during a period of high heroin use in the 1970s.
Footnotes
- ^ Otto KC (2003). "Acupuncture and substance abuse: a synopsis, with indications for further research" (pdf). Am J Addict. 12 (1): 43–51. doi:10.1080/10550490390143349. PMID 12623739.
- Jordan JB (2006). "Acupuncture treatment for opiate addiction: a systematic review". J Subst Abuse Treat. 30 (4): 309–14. doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2006.02.005. PMID 16716845.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Gates S, Smith LA, Foxcroft DR (2006). "Auricular acupuncture for cocaine dependence". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (1): CD005192. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005192.pub2. PMID 16437523.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Bearn J, Swami A, Stewart D, Atnas C, Giotto L, Gossop M (2009). "Auricular acupuncture as an adjunct to opiate detoxification treatment: effects on withdrawal symptoms". J Subst Abuse Treat. 36 (3): 345–9. doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2008.08.002. PMID 19004596.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat5.chapter.85279
- National Institutes of health. Acupuncture. NIH Consensus Statement 1997 Nov 3-5. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, 1999.
- see www.acudetox.com/aboutus
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