Aug. 23, 2005 — Anesthesia-assisted rapid detoxification from heroin offers no advantages over an approach using buprenorphine, according to the results of a randomized trial reported in the Aug.

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The use of general anesthesia for heroin detoxification offers no benefit when compared to two other methods, and is associated with several potentially life-threatening adverse events, according to ...

NEW YORK, NY, August 23, 2005 – An increasingly common method of heroin detoxification under general anesthesia is ineffective and unsafe, according to a study by psychiatrists at Columbia University ...

Going under general anesthesia is not an effective way for heroin users to avoid the painful, drawn-out process of breaking their habit and can be dangerous, a study said on Tuesday. Publicized as a ...

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An opium substitute worked better than risky, expensive anesthesia in treating the effects of heroin withdrawal, a new study suggests. Drug users who were given a single dose of opium substitute had ...