Heroin Dependence
Conditions
Keywords
Laser meridian massage, heroin addicts, methadone treatment, traditional Chinese medicine
Brief summary
A case-controlled study is conducted to investigate the effect of adjuvant laser meridian massage in heroin addicts with methadone treatment and establish the model of laser meridian massage treatment for drug addiction.
Detailed description
Objective: To investigate the effect of adjuvant laser meridian massage in heroin addicts with methadone treatment and establish the model of laser meridian massage treatment for drug addiction. Methods: A case-controlled study is conducted. Fifteen male heroin addicts are enrolled from Addiction Treatment Center as treatment group. They are treated with laser meridian massage on the back including Bladder meridian and Governor vessel three times a week for 4 weeks. A control group of participants without laser meridian massage treatment are matched by age. Check urine morphine before, 2 and 4 weeks of treatment. Subjects report their times or days of heroin use and self-fill Visual Analogue Scales of heroin craving / refusal of heroin use (0-10 points) during last week before, 2 and 4 weeks of treatment. Subjects report their quality of life using Short Form-12v2 before and 4 weeks of treatment. Obtain the subject's pulse diagnosis and heart rate variability after a single treatment. Independent t test, Mann-Whitney U test, chi-square test and Fisher's exact test were used to compare the differences between the treatment and control groups. Repeated measures ANOVA, Generalized estimating equations, paired t test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test were used for comparison between the treatment and control groups.
Interventions
DEVICElaser meridian massage
The participants will undergo 12 sessions of laser meridian massage, thrice a week, for 4 weeks, using a gallium aluminum arsenide LaserPen (maximal power, 150 mW; wavelength, 810nm; area of probe, 0.5cm\^2; power density, 300mW/cm\^2; pulsed wave; RJ-Laser, Reimers & Janssen GmbH, Waldkirch, Germany). The laser treatment will be applied to the back including Bladder meridian (BL11-25) and Governor vessel (GV3-14) for 15 minutes, to deliver a total treatment dose of 67.5J/cm\^2.
Sponsors
Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
observational case-controlled study
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
20 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Provide informed consent * Male older than 20 years * Diagnosed with opioid use disorder according to DSM-5 and received methadone treatment more than 1 month
Exclusion criteria
* Received Antidepressant or antipsychotic * Received Chinese herb or acupuncture treatment during last 30 days * Critical illness * Did not meet the physician's assessment for recruitment * Patients with Human immunodeficiency virus infection * Did not provide informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heroin use | 2 weeks of treatment | Times or days of heroin use during last week |
| Urine morphine | 2 weeks of treatment | Obtainurinary morphine concentration |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heroin craving / refusal of heroin use | 2 weeks of treatment | Obtain Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) of heroin craving / refusal of heroin use (0-10 points) during last week. VAS score 0 of heroin craving indicates no heroin craving, while VAS 10 indicates strongest heroin craving. VAS 0 of refusal of heroin use indicates no refusal of heroin, while VAS 10 indicates absolute refusal of heroin. |
| Short Form-12v2 Health Survey | 4 weeks of treatment | The SF-12v2® Health Survey (SF-12v2) is a multipurpose, short-form health survey with 12 questions that yields an eight-scale profile of functional health and well-being, as well as two psychometrically based physical and mental health summary measures and a preference-based health utility index. The PRO CoRE, part of the Smart Measurement® System suite of products and Optum's upgrade to the QualityMetric Health Outcomes™ Scoring Software, is used for scoring the SF-12v2® Health Survey. |
Countries
Taiwan
Contacts
Primary ContactCheng-Yi Chang
Outcome results
None listed