detox/addiction

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This is an article I found in the better health board...as you can see, there

are many good links to help give you more info. on a desired topic...I thought

this may be of interest especially since the first topic is addiction!

I hope both Dieter and Douglas can find some use from them-and to anyone else

who is interested. Again, I hope to see more from those who have joined this

list!

Thanks, and take care

Lauren

Dautobrody

 

 

Acupuncture is gaining increasing acceptance in this country as a treatment

for a variety of health-related concerns. It uses needles inserted into the

skin at specific points on the body to accomplish various objectives.

 

In November 1997, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) concluded there is

clear evidence that needle <A HREF= " aol://4344:308.acupunct.714645.551655407 " >

acupuncture</A> treatment is effective for relieving nausea and vomiting

associated with chemotherapy and

<A HREF= " aol://4344:308.preg_top.6977506.578859067 " >pregnancy</A>, and

postoperative dental pain.

 

NIH also stated that acupuncture may be effective as an adjunct therapy, an

acceptable alternative, or as part of a comprehensive treatment program for

the following conditions:

-- <A HREF= " aol://4344:308.adct_top.6985613.577806247 " >addiction</A>

-- <A HREF= " aol://4344:308.strk_top.6977542.578859067 " >stroke</A>

rehabilitation

-- <A HREF= " aol://4344:308.head_top.6985766.577811367 " >headache</A>

-- <A HREF= " aol://4344:308.menses.702885.580825148 " >menstrual cramps</A>

-- <A HREF= " aol://4344:308.lhf00378.695088.495062626 " >tennis elbow</A>

-- <A HREF= " aol://4344:308.fibrwhat.713552.580676797 " >fibromyalgia</A>

(general muscle pain)

-- <A HREF= " aol://4344:308.back_top.6977158.578853266 " >low back pain</A>

-- <A HREF= " aol://4344:308.lhf00223.681835.495038649 " >carpal tunnel syndrome

</A>

-- <A HREF= " aol://4344:308.asth_top.6977151.578853265 " >asthma</A>

 

 

And here is another page---Acupuncture.com--- with some quick findings

dealing with the use of acupuncture with addiction.

 

Acupuncture in Detox/Addiction

Treatment

 

Acupuncture has been proven to be successful in both clinical settings and

under controlled

experimental conditions. The results obtained from a one year acupuncture

detoxification program

study in Portland, Oregon and a blind study of acupuncture treatment with

chronic alcoholics in

Hennepin County, Minnesota are:

 

People who received acupuncture detoxification treatment were two times more

likely to

continue in rehabilitation therapy than people who did not receive acupuncture

treatment.

 

More than 70% of people treated with acupuncture successfully completed

detoxification,

compared with only 50% of hose who did not receive the treatment. For those

detoxifying

from alcohol, the success rate was 90%.

 

Recidivism (tendency to relapse) of alcohol and drug addicts decreased from

20-25% to 5%

for patients receiving acupuncture detoxification treatments.

 

In a blind study of chronic alcoholics in Hennepin County, 37% of the

treatment group

receiving acupuncture completed the program. Only 7.4% of the control group

had a

successful completion of the program.