CITA Announces the Development of a 12-Hour Brain Treatment for Cocaine and Alcohol Addiction Sidesteps Craving And Withdrawal; Neuroimaging Techniques Show Brain Metabolic Normalization.Science/Health/Medical Writers MADRID, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2002 The Centre for Research and Treatment of Addiction, CITA CITA Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements CITA Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics CITA Center for Information Technology Accommodation (US; now the GSA IT Accommodation Division) , announces the development of a 12-hour treatment for cocaine and alcohol dependence that eliminates the withdrawal symptoms and craving associated with detoxification. The Spanish-based firm is best known for the development, a decade ago, of the highly publicized Ultra Rapid Opiate Detoxification (UROD UROD Ultra-Rapid Opiate Detoxification ). Method of treating heroin and methadone methadone (mĕth`ədōn', –dŏn'), synthetic narcotic similar in effect to morphine. Synthesized in Germany, it came into clinical use after World War II. It is sometimes used as an analgesic and to suppress the cough reflex. addiction in a six-hour deep sedation process with a 100% success rate. The Spanish Ministries of Health and of Science and Technology cooperate with CITA through the Agency for Evaluation of Health Technologies and the Institute of Nutrition and Bromatology. "This treatment represents a major advancement in our way to cure addictions," says Dr. Juan Jose Legarda, the London-trained Psychologist who developed the UROD method for CITA in 1992. So far, the Centre has treated more than two hundred patients for alcohol and cocaine dependence using the procedure, dubbed DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. (Detoxification and NeuroAdaptation). No patients have dropped out from detoxification. Legarda points out that the Centre's patients average a bottle of cognac or one gram of cocaine per day and typically arrive in grave physical condition. Nevertheless, they suffer no withdrawal symptoms, and they stop craving cocaine or alcohol within the first 12 hours of treatment. In fact, even though some patients arrived for treatment intoxicated in·tox·i·cate v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates v.tr. 1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol. 2. , they experienced no withdrawal symptoms. Those who entered treatment already suffering from withdrawal symptoms saw those symptoms disappear. Legarda explains that pharmacological interventions at NMDA NMDA N-methyl-D-asparate , serotonergic se·ro·to·ner·gic or se·ro·to·ni·ner·gic adj. Activated by or capable of liberating serotonin, especially in transmitting nerve impulses. serotonergic containing or activated by serotonin. and GABA receptor systems recuperate the normal neural functioning of the brain structures harmed by alcohol and cocaine. "This allows for neuroregulation and detoxification without withdrawal symptoms and without craving," he says. In just three days, brain neuroimaging (PET) techniques show metabolic normalization of frontal, parietal and temporal lobes. CITA's website, located at http://www.webcita.com/ , includes news and information about the company's treatment options, results and official reports. |
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