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Auricular Acupuncture as an Adjunctive Treatment for Cocaine Addiction: A Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Otto Katharine C.,
Quinn Colin,
Sung YungFong
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1998.tb00331.x
Subject(s) - acupuncture , medicine , craving , treatment and control groups , addiction , adjunctive treatment , physical therapy , psychiatry , substance abuse , addiction treatment , alternative medicine , pathology
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. (Am J Addict 1998; 7:164–170)