Effect of acupuncture for methadone maintenance treatment patients: study protocol of a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Opioid dependence is an increasing public health problem all over the world. Patients with opioid dependence have to receive methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) as replacement therapy for years or even for their entire life. Acupuncture as a kind of therapy has been used to treat substance dependence for many years. Jin's three-needle acupuncture (JTN), a type of acupuncture technique, has been applied to treat various diseases for several decades. However, JTN as an acupuncture technique has not been used to treat patients receiving MMT. Therefore, we designed a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture as adjunctive therapy for patients receiving MMT.

Methods/design

This study is a parallel-arm, randomized controlled trial th

SUBMITTER: Wen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7720473 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature