Health Condition 1: H- Substance Abuse Treatment
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Standard care
with
Individualized
Homoeopathic
medicine
: Homoeopathic Medicines in compliance with pharmacopoeial standards from GMP compliant manufacturers would only be used. The med
Sponsors
Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Diagnosed patients of mild and moderate cannabis and/or opioid use disorder as per DSM V criteria. Patients having intact mental health capacity (as per section 4, Mental healthcare act, 2017) and are willing to quit.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients having severe cannabis and/or opioid withdrawals symptoms Patients with history of multiple relapses Patients with other substance dependency like, alcohol, cocaine, amphetamine type stimulants, sedatives, and inhalants .except nicotine Patients with pre-diagnosed co-morbid psychiatric illness like schizophrenia, bipolar depression. Patients presenting with medical emergencies such as intoxication, poisoning, hypertensive encephalopathy, hyperkalemia, severe dehydration. Pre-diagnosed cases of low glomerular filtration rate, raised total serum bilirubin levels, malignancies. Pregnant and lactating women
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in symptomatology to be assessed with the help of Cannabis Withdrawal Scale & Clinical Opiate Withdrawal ScaleTimepoint: Patient will be examined on daily basis for first 7 days & at the end of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th week | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Period of abstinence & relapse if any, with the help of multi-drug urine screen test 2. Change in quality of life to be assessed by WHOQOL BREFTimepoint: 1. At baseline, thereafter at the end of every month after initiation of treatment 2. At baseline, thereafter at the end of 1st month & 6th month | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Divya Taneja
Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy
Outcome results
None listed