METHOD FOR TREATING TOBACCO ADDICTION Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, psychotherapy.

SUBSTANCE: the method combines an interrogation and psychotherapeutic discussion. Then, at the first stage a patient has got a habit to breathe at signals at their length corresponding to signal of respiratory training equipment: inhalation 2-3 sec, expiration 3-4 sec and pause 3-4 sec. From training to training it is necessary to decrease air volume used for inhalation. On training the algorithm of patient's breathing it is necessary to carry out the second stage in case of patient's comfort state. It should last for about 3 h daily. During the second stage one should decrease air volume necessary for inhalation-expiration cycle up to 0.2-0.1 l. At achieving the duration of control pause of respiration being 60-90 sec it is necessary to start the third stage to maintain the following algorithm of respiration: inhalation 2-3 sec, expiration 3-4 sec, pause 3-4 sec. At air volume necessary for inhalation at the state of rest being 0.2-0.1 l one should conduct control pause being equal to 60-90 sec as a standard. In case of deviation trainings should be performed at the volume to restore the control value. The innovation helps to get rid of tobacco smoking due to saturating patient's blood with carbonic acid.

EFFECT: higher efficiency of therapy.

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