Observations on the Efficacy of Auricular-plaster Therapy plus Medicine in Treating Heroin Addiction

摘要

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.