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Evaluation on the treatment of morphine addiction by acupuncture Chinese herbs and opioid peptides.
Yang MM, Kwok JS
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Am J Chin Med 1986 ; 14(1-2): 46-50.
Experimental studies on the effects of acupuncture, combined Chinese herbs, and opioid peptides on morphine withdrawal symptoms were carried out in 119 addicted rats. Electroacupuncture was found to be the most effective method as it reduced the morphine withdrawal scores to -85%. The combined herbs, Qiang Huo, Gou Teng, Chuan Xion, Fu Zi and Yan Hu Suo suppressed the withdrawal scores of -68%. The opioid peptides, endorphin, enkephalin, and dynorphin, produced marked sedative effect and alleviated the withdrawal symptoms, reducing the scores from -28% to -74%. It is suggested that acupuncture and herbs, being non-opiate and having less side effect, might be used as alternative or supplementary treatment on morphine addiction.
| Major Subject Heading(s) | Minor Subject Heading(s) |
>Acupuncture Therapy
>Endorphins [therapeutic use]
>Medicine, Chinese Traditional
>Medicine, East Asian Traditional
>Morphine [adverse effects]
>Plants, Medicinal
>Substance Withdrawal Syndrome [therapy]
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>Animals
>beta-Endorphin
>Combined Modality Therapy
>Dynorphins [therapeutic use]
>Endorphins
>Enkephalin, Methionine [therapeutic use]
>Morphine
>Rats
>Rats, Inbred Strains
>Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
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Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article
Citation Subset: IM
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