title: [Clinic research on heroin de-addiction effects of acupuncture and its potentiality of preventing relapse].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the effects of de-addiction with the therapy of acupuncture, acupuncture plus opium, opium plus buprenorphine and opium plus Han's instrument for de-addiction and to study the effects of the four therapeutic methods on the protracted withdrawal syndrome and craving.
  
  
  METHODS
  The effects of de-addiction were assessed with the opiate withdrawal scale and the craving degree with visual analogue scale (VAS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The dominance of acupuncture treatment for withdrawal syndrome appeared to be after the 6th day, and the dominance for controlling craving showed after the 8th day, moreover, there were little side effects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture treatment had the potentiality of preventing relapse and could be used for treating the protracted withdrawal syndrome and psychic dependence during the period between the stages of abstinence and rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Acupuncture and Tuina College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province 610075, China. kwujunmei@sina.com
authors.forename: Jun-Mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Dong-Yan
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Yong-Fen
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Xiao-Yong
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Xiang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors