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Efficacy of acupuncture for treating cocaine addiction: a review paper
(Efficacité de l'acupuncture dans le traitement de la dépendance à la cocaïne : un article de synthèse.)
Auteur(s) :
KIM, Y. H. ;
SCHIFF, E. ;
WAALEN, J. ;
HOVELL M.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
115-132
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
42
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Note générale :
Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2005, 24, (4), 115-132
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Acupuncture is being used in more than three hundred treatment facilities for treating substance abuse including cocaine addiction. Previous review papers could not evaluate the role of acupuncture for treating cocaine addiction because of lack of clinical trials at the time. Since then, several important studies were conducted in the field. This paper reviews existing clinical trials using acupuncture to treat cocaine addiction. The existing evidence fails to document the benefit of acupuncture in treating cocaine addiction as the sole treatment. Further efforts to document the efficacy of the NADA protocol to treat cocaine addiction as the sole treatment should be re-evaluated. There is a limited amount of evidence showing possible benefits of acupuncture when used as an adjunctive therapy to complement existing substance abuse treatment program. Future efforts should concentrate on systematic studies investigating the role of acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment for cocaine addiction. In addition, more formative research exploring the efficacy of different types and protocols of acupuncture treatments for cocaine addiction should be thoroughly investigated. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Dean of Integrative Medicine, AIMC Berkeley, Berkley, CA 94704. E-mail: yoonhangkimgmail.com
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.