Hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment of patients with drug addiction, narcotic addiction and alcoholism in the post-intoxication and abstinence periods.

What Researchers Did

Researchers investigated the effects of hyperbaric oxygenation in 340 patients with drug addiction, narcotic addiction, and alcoholism, comparing them to 185 control patients receiving drug therapy alone.

What They Found

Hyperbaric oxygenation had a favorable effect on patients' status, leading to an accelerated reduction of psychoneurological and somatovegetative disorders. This intervention approximately halved the treatment duration and prevented complications in the 340 treated patients, also normalizing central hemodynamics and improving myocardial status.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it was conducted in a different geographical context and published in a Russian journal.

Study Limitations

The study's methodology, published in 1995, may not meet current rigorous clinical trial standards and requires modern validation.