traditional chinese and indian medicine in the treatment of opioid-dependence: a review
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objective: in this study, the current literatures on the use of herbs and herbal preparations of traditional chinese and indian medicine for the treatment of opioid addiction were reviewed. methods: search was done in databases such as pub med, science direct, scopus, springer link, and google scholar. results: among 18 retrieved studies, 3 studies were about asafetida extract, an approved preparation for ameliorating drug abstinence in china. chinese preparations including composite dong yuan gao, qingjunyin and tj-97 (a water extract of dai-bofu-to) as well as indian ones, mentate and shilajit, were reported to have positive effects against opioid withdrawal, dependence, and tolerance. moreover, levo-tetrahydropalmatine and l-stepholidine, in addition to extracts of caulis sinomenii and sinomenium acutum showed similar effects. banxia houpu decoction, fu-yuan pellet, jinniu capsules, qingjunyin, tai-kang-ning capsule, and xuan xia qudu jiaonang (weinicom) from chinese preparations, showed anti-addiction effects in randomized, double-blind and, in some studies, multicenter clinical trials. conclusion: traditional herbal preparations of china and india have anti-addiction effects with less adverse effects than alpha2-adrenergic or opioid agonists.
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avicenna journal of phytomedicineجلد ۳، شماره ۳، صفحات ۲۰۵-۲۱۵
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