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Opioid addiction therapy includes successful detoxification, rehabilitation, and sometimes methadone maintenance. However, the patient may have physical, mental, and emotional pain while trying to achieve abstinence. A new detoxification technique that incorporates general anesthesia uses a high-dose opioid antagonist to compress detoxification to within 6 h while avoiding the withdrawal.
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Department of Anesthesiology and the St. Elizabeth's Comprehensive Addiction Program, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02135-2997, USA. cgold@tiac.net
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