Ultrarapid Opioid Detoxification: Current Status in Iran and Controversies

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  • Seyyed Mojtaba Yassini Ardekani
  • Sara Yassini Ardekani
چکیده

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: URD is a contradictory issue in the field of addiction. This article reviews documents related to URD in the literature beside the experiences of the author. Conclusion of this article may be helpful in considering this type of detoxification in some specific groups of addicts. Copyright © 2013, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences; Published by Kowsar Corp. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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دوره 2  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2013