RESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To observe the efficacy of the colonic dialysis therapy of Chinese medicine in abstinance of heroin addicts. METHODS: One hundred and twenty five cases of heroin addicts were randomly divided into two groups: group A was treated with combined dihydroetorphine (DHE) and methadon therapy; group B, besides DHE and methadon, the addicts were given colon dialysis with Chinese herbal medicine from third day of the treatment through to the eighth day. RESULTS: The effect of group B was superior to that of group A in that the patients heroin abstinance symptoms disappeared more rapidly, the course of the disease was shorter and the effective rate raised to 100%. CONCLUSION: The cutaneous pigmentation could be removed through dialysis quickly which suggested that the method was able to remove toxic substances in the body and it would benefit the abstinance of heroin addicts.