Acupuncture for the Treatment of Opiate Addiction
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Acupuncture for the Treatment of Opiate Addiction
Acupuncture is an accepted treatment worldwide for various clinical conditions, and the effects of acupuncture on opiate addiction have been investigated in many clinical trials. The present review systematically analyzed data from randomized clinical trials published in Chinese and English since 1970. We found that the majority agreed on the efficacy of acupuncture as a strategy for the treatm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1741-427X,1741-4288
DOI: 10.1155/2012/739045