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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1995
John D Sinclair, SF-02230 Espoo, FI;
Other;
Abstract
A method is provided for effectively terminating methadone maintenance therapy and the addiction to other legally-available opiates by selectively extinguishing the opiate-taking responses. Selective extinction is produced having sessions in which detoxified addicts make opiate-taking responses while an opiate antagonist blocks the positive reinforcement, interspersed by periods when the antagonist is absent and all responses except opiate-taking can be emitted. A similar method but with instructions not to take the opiate can subsequently be used to protect against resumption of illegal opiate use, or separately with patients addicted to illegal opiates producing reinforcement through the opioidergic system.