Objective. To investigate the curative effect of auricular plaster therapy on heroin addiction. Methods: Sixty cases of heroin addiction were treated by auricular plaster therapy in cooperation with methadone and ano...Objective. To investigate the curative effect of auricular plaster therapy on heroin addiction. Methods: Sixty cases of heroin addiction were treated by auricular plaster therapy in cooperation with methadone and another 60 cases with methadone as a control. The treatment lasted 10 days. Results and conclusion: The results showed that the curative effect of auricular-plaster therapy plus methadone on heroin addiction was significantly better than that of methadone in the control group(P〈 0.01). The rate of drug relapse was also significantly lower in the former(P〈 0.01). It is considered that auricular-plaster therapy in cooperation with methadone is now an ideal therapeutic method for drug withdrawal.展开更多
文摘Objective. To investigate the curative effect of auricular plaster therapy on heroin addiction. Methods: Sixty cases of heroin addiction were treated by auricular plaster therapy in cooperation with methadone and another 60 cases with methadone as a control. The treatment lasted 10 days. Results and conclusion: The results showed that the curative effect of auricular-plaster therapy plus methadone on heroin addiction was significantly better than that of methadone in the control group(P〈 0.01). The rate of drug relapse was also significantly lower in the former(P〈 0.01). It is considered that auricular-plaster therapy in cooperation with methadone is now an ideal therapeutic method for drug withdrawal.