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Study: Acupuncture can ease methadone treatment (www.axios.com)

submitted 4 months ago by StevenSaus@midwest.social to c/health@midwest.social

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Eight weeks of acupuncture was found to reduce the dose of methadone needed to control opioid cravings, which could make patients likelier to stick with their treatment.

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[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Anybody else look at that and say “it doesn’t mimic acupuncture if it doesn’t pierce the skin, does it?” At the least, do it in the wrong spot

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