Bullock M L, Culliton P D, Olander R T
Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.
Lancet. 1989 Jun 24;1(8652):1435-9. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(89)90135-9.
In a placebo-controlled study, 80 severe recidivist alcoholics received acupuncture either at points specific for the treatment of substance abuse (treatment group) or at nonspecific points (control group). 21 of 40 patients in the treatment group completed the programme compared with 1 of 40 controls. Significant treatment effects persisted at the end of the six-month follow-up: by comparison with treatment patients more control patients expressed a moderate to strong need for alcohol, and had more than twice the number of both drinking episodes and admissions to a detoxification centre.
在一项安慰剂对照研究中，80名严重复发性酗酒者接受了针刺治疗，治疗组的针刺穴位为治疗药物滥用的特定穴位，对照组的针刺穴位为非特定穴位。治疗组40名患者中有21名完成了该项目，而对照组40名患者中只有1名完成。在六个月的随访结束时，显著的治疗效果依然存在：与治疗组患者相比，更多的对照组患者表示有中度至强烈的饮酒需求，饮酒次数和戒毒中心收治次数均是治疗组患者的两倍多。
