Fast
recoveries are the focus for the Waismann Institute's Accelerated Opiate Neuro-Regulation program.
Opiate dependency has risen dramatically in the last several years due
to an increase in addiction to prescription painkillers. The Waismann
program helps patients kick dependency through a three-day treatment process,
submitted in a hospital setting.
"These
are patients, they're not drug addicts," says the institutes co-medical
director, Clifford Bernstein.
On
the second day of their stay, patients are put under anesthesia for three
hours, during which time their bodies undergo withdrawal.
Receptors are blocked with a dummy drug, shutting off cravings for the
opiate. And when they wake up? "They're not addicted to the medication anymore. They
go from point A to point B in just a few hours," Bernstein says.
Statistics on the success rate of the treatment are five times that of
the national average for traditional rehab programs.
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