Adjuvant laser meridian massage in men with opioid use disorder on methadone maintenance treatment: Protocol for a case-controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heroin addiction remains a significant public health problem worldwide, and relapse to heroin use following cessation of agonist maintenance treatment is common. The problems associated with use of opioid agonists mean that non-opioid therapies need to be developed to ameliorate acute and protracted opioid withdrawal syndromes.

Methods

Fifteen men with opioid use disorder on methadone maintenance treatment have been enrolled from an addiction treatment center as an experimental group in this case-controlled study. This group is receiving laser meridian massage on the back, including the Bladder meridian and Governor Vessel, 3 times weekly for 4 weeks. An age-matched control group that does not receive laser meridian massage has also been enrolled. Urinary morphine

SUBMITTER: Hu WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6775398 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature