منابع مشابه
The effect of acupuncture on the acute withdrawal symptoms from rapid opiate detoxification
To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on the severity of withdrawal reaction during rapid opiate detoxification (ROD), forty adult male subjects addicted to opioids and scheduled for ROD by naloxone were randomly divided into acupuncture and control groups. In the acupuncture group during three consecutive days immediately before induction of ROD, body acupuncture was performed while in the con...
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To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on the severity of withdrawal reaction during rapid opiate detoxification (ROD), forty adult male subjects addicted to opioids and scheduled for ROD by naloxone were randomly divided into acupuncture and control groups. In the acupuncture group during three consecutive days immediately before induction of ROD, body acupuncture was performed while in the con...
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background: the common detoxification method is replacement of long effect opiate by short effect opiate and then reducing its amount gradually. more modern method is ultra rapid opiate detoxification (urod) by opiate antagonists, which is performed by general anesthesia. the advantages of two methods have not been confirmed. this study aimed to compare effectiveness and withdrawal rate in both...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7109.682