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Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 629-635, 1999
© 1999 Medical Council on Alcoholism

ACUPUNCTURE IN ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT: A RANDOMIZED OUT-PATIENT STUDY

Richardt Sapir-Weise*, Mats Berglund, Arne Frank and Hans Kristenson

Department of Alcohol and Drug Diseases, Malmoe University Hospital, Lund University, S-205 02 Malmoe, Sweden

Received 30 May 1998; first review notified 18 November 1998; accepted 24 January 1999

Seventy-two alcoholics were treated with acupuncture to the ear in a randomized single-blind controlled design over 10 weeks. Orthodox points and incorrect points 3–5 mm from orthodox points were used. No initial differences were found regarding social characteristics, the responses to the Swedish version of the Alcohol Use Inventory and the Three-dimensional Personality Questionnaire, indicating a successful randomization. There were non-significant tendencies towards gender differential response after acupuncture treatment (P = 0.07). There was no difference in the number of drinking days or level of craving between treatment and control patients. Among females, those in the treatment group reported reduction of anxiety after 1 month, more often than those in the control group (P < 0.05). Response to acupuncture was not related to personality or drinking pattern. Patients' experience of needle placement was similar in the study and control groups. The effects of acupuncture were less pronounced than those previously reported.


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