Iran-Made Herbal Supplement Speeds Up Recovery from Drug Addiction
“The main idea behind the product is the effect of the tar of herbal plants in the process of de-addiction on complications and problems that patients face during de-addiction and its consecuences,” Leyla Qodrati, the head of the research and development (R&D) center of the knowledge-based ‘Avish Gol Sepahan’ company, told ANA.
“It will treat mood and nervous disorders, insomnia, emotional dreams, delusions, muscle pains, etc.,” she added.
“The herbal product of the company is considered a therapeutic supplement and will greatly increase the patient's desire to quit drugs and continue the treatment process,” Qodrati noted.
In a relevant development in September, a non-invasive deep brain stimulation device was designed and made through the four-canal temporal interference method for the treatment of drug addiction by the Iranian researchers at the medical engineering group of the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Isfahan University of Technology.
“In temporal interference stimulation, two pairs of electrodes are used transcranially with two high-frequency sinusoidal currents, and the constructive interference of the two electric fields created by the currents increase the intensity of stimulation in a certain depth of the brain,” said Amir Akhavan, the head of the technical-research team and a faculty member of Isfahan University of Technology.
“In this research, the effectiveness of temporal interference stimulation in the treatment of morphine addiction was investigated for the first time in an animal model,” he added.
Noting that the electrical stimulation of the brain is a non-pharmacological intervention that is effective in the treatment of disorders like depression, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and addiction, Akhavan said, “Deep brain stimulation is a method that can be used to stimulate the deep areas of the brain in two invasive and non-invasive ways.”
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