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ACUPUNCTURE DOES NOT AID TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
An exhaustive multi-country and multi-language trawl for randomised trials of acupuncture in the
treatment of alcohol dependence found just 11 studies. Overall they offered little support to any
form of the therapy, adding to similar verdicts in respect of opiates and cocaine. Arguably however,
this complementary therapy is judged against a higher standard than conventional psychosocial
therapies.
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