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Acupuntura un tratamiento viable para las adicciones en Colombia
Acupuncture a viable treatment for addictions in Colombia
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Acupuntura, drogas ilícitas, tratamiento (terapéutica) (es)Acupuncture, street drugs, therapeutics (en)
La acupuntura es una antigua técnica terapéutica desarrollada en China, que ha evidenciado ser efectiva en síntomas como las náuseas, vómito y dolor dentario. A pesar del sustento fisiológico que posibilitaría un uso efectivo en otras patologías, incluyendo el campo de las adicciones, los estudios son contradictorios, posiblemente por la diferencias de visión entre la medicina oriental y la occidental.
El consumo de psicoactivos es un problema de salud pública en Colombia y en el mundo que genera grandes costos tangibles e intangibles, los cuales, en países desarrollados, puede llegar hasta el 1,6 % del PIB. En contraste, el beneficio económico del tratamiento de las adicciones, según las Naciones Unidas Contra la Droga y el Delito (UNODC), está entre 1:3 a 1:13; por lo tanto, cualquier esfuerzo que se realice en favor de los consumidores es una ganancia. Con base en estos datos, los organismos internacionales han generado políticas que ayudan a aminorar estos efectos. Colombia, como integrante de estos organismos, ha realizado varios compromisos para llevar a cabo dichas metas.
Los tratamientos con auriculoterapia, como el protocolo NADA (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association), son los métodos más usados para las adicciones en el mundo, y aunque no se ha logrado evidenciar su efectividad, por su costo, facilidad y el poco riesgo de efectos adversos se hace viable en un país con pocos recursos económicos como Colombia.
The acupuncture is an ancient therapy developed in China, which has shown to be effective for symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and toothache. Despite the physiological basis that would enable effective use in other diseases, including the field of addictions, studies are contradictories, possibly because of the differences in focus between the eastern and western medicine.
Psychoactive consumption is a public health problem in Colombia and in the world that generates large tangible and intangible costs, which, in developed countries, can rise up to 1.6 % of GDP. In contrast, the economic benefit of treatment addictions, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is between 1:3 to 1:13. S any effort made in favor of consumers is gain; this is why international organizations have created policies to help mitigating these effects. Colombia, as a member of these organizations, has made several commitments to accomplish these goals.
Auriculotherapy treatments, as the protocol NADA (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association), are the most widely used methods for addictions in the world and although it has not achieved demonstrate their effectiveness. Their cost, ease and little risk to adverse effects makes it viable in a country with few economic resources as Colombia.
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