探討中醫在海洛因戒毒中扮演的角色

藥物成癮屬慢性疾病，為世界性的重要公共健康議題。目前台灣大約有二十萬以上的人口使用過毒品，其中的年紀分布主要落在青壯年。現行海洛因成癮替代療法的第一線藥物為美沙冬，但長期服用以後往往出現其副作用，讓服用的遵從性也隨之下降。研究顯示，使用美沙冬後，仍有約三分二以上的海洛因成癮患者會於一至二年內復犯，也因此仍需尋求更完善的戒治模式。中醫是華人地區最常使用的輔助及替代療法，但目前的我國的戒毒模式尚未正式有中醫參與，藉由此研究來探討中醫在海洛因戒毒中參與的角色，提高毒品戒治成功比率，提升戒治時的生活品質，降低相關生理不適。

關鍵字

海洛因；美沙冬；戒斷症狀；中醫戒毒

並列摘要

Drug addiction is a chronic medical illness and an important public health problem worldwide. The population of drug abuse had reached about 200,000 in Taiwan, and the age distribution is mainly in young adults. Methadone substitution therapy has been the treatment of first choice for opiate dependence, but patient on Methadone substitution therapy report a wide side effects, and relapse rate is up to two third of methadone treatment patients between one to two years. Therefore, adjuvant therapeutic interventions for drug addiction patients are needed. Contrast to conventional Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine is the most common used therapy of complementary and alternative medicine. However, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was excluded from the service for drug addiction treatment. By researching for the role of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in heroin detoxification, raised up the quality of life including treatment for opiate dependence during Detoxification.