METHOD FOR TREATING THE CASES OF ALCOHOL ADDICTION Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method involves specifying disease stage, determining suggestibility degree, programming on abstinence from alcohol consumption for a 6-12 months long period the patient determines on the own free will. Treatment is administered with bipolar electric asymmetric current pulses of 3-5 mA being applied on the background of relaxing melody later on in reanimation room. Assurance in overcoming difficulties of life and becoming free of alcohol addiction is suggested on this background. Placebo is concurrently intravenously administered as drop infusion imitating coding preparation as alcohol receptor blocker. Suggestive accentuation is concentrated on possible complications caused by alcohol consumption after introducing the preparation. The aversion against alcohol is invoked by making drop infusion of medicament mixture causing fever sensation and myorelaxation. The patient swallows 2-3 gulps of alcohol and the provoked responses are associated to them with a cause-effect relation like alcohol-bad health state and fixed with intramuscular placebo injection simulating oil code preparation.

EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment; prolonged remission period.

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