FAST DETOXIFICATION OF HEROIN-ADDICTS BY ACUPUNCTURE AND ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION (AES) IN COMBINATION WITH NALOXONE
FAST DETOXIFICATION OF HEROIN-ADDICTS BY ACUPUNCTURE AND ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION (AES) IN COMBINATION WITH NALOXONE
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10.1142/s0147291777000362
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1977-01-01
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WEN, HL
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WEN, HL
Detoxification can be accomplished more rapidly by 1st flushing the opiates from the receptor sites. Naloxone, a short acting antagonist displaces opiates from the receptor sites and such displacement precipitates an abstinence syndrome. Using AES in combination with naloxone for fast detoxification was applied to 50 cases of heroin addicts. Patients (41) were detoxified and there were 9 failures. Of the 41 cases, 18 were sent to rehabilitation centers and did not experience abstinence symptoms. Six were sent out of Hong Kong where heroin is not available, and 2 others did not go to a rehabilitation center but still abstained. The other 15 were presumed to be on the drug. AES apparently increases endorphin and relieves the abstinence syndrome, but at the same time inhibits the autonomic nervous system, mainly the parasympathetic nervous system. Since the technique does not stop drug craving, after detoxification the patients should be sent for psycho-social rehabilitation, or alternatively be put on long acting antagonist.
