Can eastern wisdom resolve western epidemics? Traditional Chinese medicine therapies and the opioid crisis
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- Journal article
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- Autoren
- Thomas Efferth
- An-long Xu
- Roxana Damiescu
- Mita Banerjee
- Norbert W Paul
- David YW Lee
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000669599600002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.joim.2021.03.006
- Externe Identifier
- Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: TD8WJ
- PubMed Identifier: 33789837
- ISSN
- 2095-4964
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 4
- Zeitschrift
- JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE-JIM
- Schlüsselwörter
- Traditional Chinese medicine
- Acupuncture
- Addiction
- Opioid crisis
- Pain
- Paginierung
- 295 - 299
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2021
- Status
- Published
- Titel
- Can eastern wisdom resolve western epidemics? Traditional Chinese medicine therapies and the opioid crisis
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- Editorial Material
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 19
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- Autoren
- Thomas Efferth
- An-long Xu
- Roxana Damiescu
- Mita Banerjee
- Norbert W Paul
- David YW Lee
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.joim.2021.03.006
- ISSN
- 2095-4964
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 4
- Zeitschrift
- Journal of Integrative Medicine
- Sprache
- en
- Paginierung
- 295 - 299
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2021
- Status
- Published
- Herausgeber
- Elsevier BV
- Herausgeber URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joim.2021.03.006
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2021
- Titel
- Can eastern wisdom resolve western epidemics? Traditional Chinese medicine therapies and the opioid crisis
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 19
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- Abstract
- The widespread use of opioids to treat chronic pain led to a nation-wide crisis in the United States. Tens of thousands of deaths annually occur mainly due to respiratory depression, the most dangerous side effect of opioids. Non-opioid drugs and non-pharmacological treatments without addictive potential are urgently required. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is based on a completely different medical theory than academic Western medicine. The scientific basis of acupuncture and herbal treatments as main TCM practices has been considerably improved during the past two decades, and large meta-analyses with thousands of patients provide evidence for their efficacy. Furthermore, opinion leaders in the United States favor non-pharmacological techniques including TCM for pain management to fight the opioid crisis. We advocate TCM as therapeutic option without addictive potential and without life-threatening side effects (e.g., respiratory depression) to treat chronic pain patients suffering from opioid misuse. The evidence suggests that: (1) opioid misuse cannot be satisfactorily managed with standard medication; (2) opinion leaders in the United States favor to consider non-opioid and non-pharmacological treatment strategies including those from TCM to treat acute and chronic pain conditions; (3) large meta-analyses provide scientific evidence for the clinical activity of acupuncture and herbal TCM remedies in the treatment of chronic pain. Future clinical trials should demonstrate the safety of TCM treatments if combined with Western medical practices to exclude negative interactions between both modalities.
- Addresses
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, 55128 Mainz, Germany. Electronic address: efferth@uni-mainz.de.
- Autoren
- Thomas Efferth
- An-Long Xu
- Roxana Damiescu
- Mita Banerjee
- Norbert W Paul
- David YW Lee
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.joim.2021.03.006
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Identifier: 33789837
- Funding acknowledgements
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: GRK2015/2
- Open access
- false
- ISSN
- 2095-4964
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 4
- Zeitschrift
- Journal of integrative medicine
- Schlüsselwörter
- Humans
- Analgesics, Opioid
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal
- Acupuncture Therapy
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional
- United States
- Epidemics
- Opioid Epidemic
- Sprache
- eng
- Medium
- Print-Electronic
- Online publication date
- 2021
- Paginierung
- 295 - 299
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2021
- Status
- Published
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2021
- Titel
- Can eastern wisdom resolve western epidemics? Traditional Chinese medicine therapies and the opioid crisis.
- Sub types
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 19
Data source: Europe PubMed Central
- Abstract
- The widespread use of opioids to treat chronic pain led to a nation-wide crisis in the United States. Tens of thousands of deaths annually occur mainly due to respiratory depression, the most dangerous side effect of opioids. Non-opioid drugs and non-pharmacological treatments without addictive potential are urgently required. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is based on a completely different medical theory than academic Western medicine. The scientific basis of acupuncture and herbal treatments as main TCM practices has been considerably improved during the past two decades, and large meta-analyses with thousands of patients provide evidence for their efficacy. Furthermore, opinion leaders in the United States favor non-pharmacological techniques including TCM for pain management to fight the opioid crisis. We advocate TCM as therapeutic option without addictive potential and without life-threatening side effects (e.g., respiratory depression) to treat chronic pain patients suffering from opioid misuse. The evidence suggests that: (1) opioid misuse cannot be satisfactorily managed with standard medication; (2) opinion leaders in the United States favor to consider non-opioid and non-pharmacological treatment strategies including those from TCM to treat acute and chronic pain conditions; (3) large meta-analyses provide scientific evidence for the clinical activity of acupuncture and herbal TCM remedies in the treatment of chronic pain. Future clinical trials should demonstrate the safety of TCM treatments if combined with Western medical practices to exclude negative interactions between both modalities.
- Date of acceptance
- 2021
- Autoren
- Thomas Efferth
- An-Long Xu
- Roxana Damiescu
- Mita Banerjee
- Norbert W Paul
- David YW Lee
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33789837
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.joim.2021.03.006
- ISSN
- 2095-4964
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 4
- Zeitschrift
- J Integr Med
- Schlüsselwörter
- Acupuncture
- Addiction
- Opioid crisis
- Pain
- Traditional Chinese medicine
- Acupuncture Therapy
- Analgesics, Opioid
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal
- Epidemics
- Humans
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional
- Opioid Epidemic
- United States
- Sprache
- eng
- Country
- Netherlands
- Paginierung
- 295 - 299
- PII
- S2095-4964(21)00034-0
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2021
- Status
- Published
- Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
- 2021
- Titel
- Can eastern wisdom resolve western epidemics? Traditional Chinese medicine therapies and the opioid crisis.
- Sub types
- Journal Article
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 19
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