{"id":3053,"date":"2006-12-10T07:29:52","date_gmt":"2006-12-10T07:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diyhealth.com\/?p=3053"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:15:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T10:45:04","slug":"a-cheap-painkiller-found-effective-in-treating-drug-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/globalhealthcare\/a-cheap-painkiller-found-effective-in-treating-drug-addiction","title":{"rendered":"Cheap painkiller dihydrocodeine found effective in treating heroin addiction!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here is good news for those who want to undergo heroin addiction therapy<\/strong>. Actually, researchers have found that cheap painkiller<\/strong> dihydrocodeine <\/strong>can be as effective as costly drug methadone<\/strong>, used to treat drug addiction. This study by the researchers also uncovers the fact that dihydrocodeine is safer and less toxic compared with drug methadone. Researchers studied about 235 people who required treatment for opiate dependency and then uncovered these findings.<\/p>

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According to an estimate, using drug methadone to treat drug addiction costs about 1,500 pounds annually per patient while dihydrocodeine cost just nearly about 713 pounds. In addition, storage of dihydrocodeine is easier than methadone, which is available in liquid form.<\/p>\n

With this finding, one thing is certain that patients with drug addiction who were much concerned about the higher cost of methadone would take a sigh of relief, since now they can rely on cheaper substitute of drug methadone, which is dihydrocodeine.<\/p>\n

Via: Earth Times<\/a><\/p>\n

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