Pubdate: Sat, 18 Nov 2000
Source: Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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NEW METHOD CURES DRUG ADDICTION

JAKARTA (JP): A new method of curing drug addiction which promises 
recoverywithin 24 hours is now available in Indonesia at a cost of Rp 13 
million for a treatment.

Linda Rahmat, an anesthecist with the Asa Bangsa Foundation which 
introduced the method in several Indonesian hospitals, said that Graha 
Medika hospital, where she worked, had successfully treated 200 drug 
addicts, aged between 14 and 50 years.

Linda was presenting the Accelerated Neo-regulation for Opiate 
Dependency(ANR) method at a seminar on drug addiction and the impact on 
family life which was organized by the foundation.

Formulated in 1985 by Andre Waismann of the Israeli Institute of 
AdvancedTreatment and Research of Opiate Dependency in Tel Aviv, the method 
uses anesthetic medicines which have been approved by the U.S. Food and 
Drugs Administration (FDA).

Linda said the method is now available in several hospitals, including 
Graha Medika and Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, both in Jakarta, 
Borromeus Hospital in Bandung, and the general hospital in Banyumas, 
Central Java.
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