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ACUPUNCTURE IN HEROIN WITHDRAWAL
Author(s) -
Sainsbury M. J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb93628.x
Subject(s) - acupuncture , heroin , stimulation , medicine , anesthesia , drug withdrawal , psychology , psychiatry , drug , alternative medicine , pathology
A simple technique of ear acupuncture for the management of heroin withdrawal In one young female patient Is described. Once acupuncture and electrical stimulation were commenced no further drug medication was required to control physiological withdrawal symptoms. Changes In the patient's affective state during stimulation also receives mention.