A randomized double-blind study of neuroelectric therapy in opiate and cocaine detoxification

Gariti, Peter; Auriacombe, Marc; Incmikoski, Ray; McLellan, A. Thomas; Patterson, Lorne; Dhopesh, Vasant; Mezochow, John; Patterson, M. A.; O’Brien, Charles P.

doi:10.1016/0899-3289(92)90037-x

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“…The NeuroElectric Therapy (NET) Device offers a promising non-pharmacological approach for treatment of persons with OUD but has not yet undergone rigorous clinical efficacy evaluation. Similar earlier-generation devices have been studied extensively under open-label, non-controlled conditions, and exclusively in the inpatient setting, as a possible monotherapy for medication-free detoxification from chronic substance use [ [31] , [32] , [33] , [34] ]. In April 2009, the NET Device received CE-mark as a Class IIa medical device.…”

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A randomized, sham-controlled, quintuple-blinded trial to evaluate the NET device as an alternative to medication for promoting opioid abstinence

Greenwald

Ghosh²,

Winston³

2022

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications

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A randomized, sham-controlled, quintuple-blinded trial to evaluate the NET device as an alternative to medication for promoting opioid abstinence

Greenwald

Ghosh²,

Winston³

2022

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications

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Amelioration of stress in chemical dependency detoxification by transcranial electrostimulation

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Krupitsky²,

Flood

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Stress — in the form of the psychic distress and aggression traditionally experienced as a substantial part of the withdrawal syndrome — is a major obstacle to the successful detoxification and rehabilitation of the chemical dependant. Transcranial electrostimulation, a detoxification modality applied for a maximum of 10 days, and ‘cranial electrostimulation’ (known as CES), a treatment adjunct, significantly ameliorate these affective components resulting in a lowered drop‐out rate and enhancing the patient's ability to benefit from relapse‐prevention modalities. Electrostimulation has been demonstrated as efficacious in both inpatient and outpatient settings; and, used appropriately, has no unwanted side‐effects. The work of the authors in relevant animal and clinical studies over the past 20 years is summarized in the light of general electrostimulation research, and their recent clinical investigations described. Various representative psychological assessments are reported. The confusion and controversy arising from the embryonic nature of the electrical criteria integral to electrostimulation applications is considered to be the greatest single obstacle to controlled and replicable research.

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A randomized double-blind study of neuroelectric therapy in opiate and cocaine detoxification

Cited by 16 publications

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A randomized, sham-controlled, quintuple-blinded trial to evaluate the NET device as an alternative to medication for promoting opioid abstinence

A randomized, sham-controlled, quintuple-blinded trial to evaluate the NET device as an alternative to medication for promoting opioid abstinence

Amelioration of stress in chemical dependency detoxification by transcranial electrostimulation

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