METHOD FOR TREATING METHADONE ADDICTION Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A61H33/00 A61K31/485 A61K38/08 A61P25/36 A61M21/02 A61B5/01 A61B5/476 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to narcology, anesthesiology and psychotherapy, and can be used for treating methadone addiction. To do this, premedication, anesthesia, detoxification and introduction of a drug antagonist are performed. Before the introduction of the drug antagonist the patient's body is immersed in hot water, except the head, with water temperature of 46 °C with the provision of lung saturation to 95–100 %. Temperature in the middle third of the esophagus and on the tympanic membrane is measured, BIS-monitoring is carried out. Body is heated at maximum speed of 1 °C within 5 minutes. According to BIS-monitoring, when the temperature in the middle third of the esophagus and on the tympanic membrane equals to 42.5–43.8 °C, "biological crucial point" is determined. In this case, dalargin at a dose of 1 mg/ml is injected intravenously, when the body temperature reaches 40 °C and at each degree of temperature increase, as well as at the moment of reaching "biological crucial point". Methadone antagonist is administered at the time of achieving "biological crucial point". After this, the patient is removed from the bath and the normothermia is restored.

EFFECT: method provides for improved efficiency of treatment due to the relief of "chemical addiction" and creation of favorable conditions for the relief of psychological dependence when the rehabilitation period of patients undergoing treatment for drug addiction is reduced and, consequently, the cost of treatment is reduced.

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