Methadone-Aided Opium Detoxification in a 2.5 Year-Old Girl

authors:

avatar Reza Bidaki 1 , * , avatar Mahsa Sedaghati 2 , avatar Mitra Hakim Shoshtari 3 , avatar Hamidreza Ahmadkhniha 3

Assistant professor of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Moradi Hospital, Rafsanjan, Iran
School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: Vol.5, issue 1; 77-9
published online: June 30, 2011
article type: Case Report
received: August 06, 2010
accepted: January 17, 2011

How To Cite Bidaki R, Sedaghati M, Hakim Shoshtari M, Ahmadkhniha H. Methadone-Aided Opium Detoxification in a 2.5 Year-Old Girl. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2011;5(1): 77-9. 

Abstract

Detoxification of children who are born from substance dependent mothers or those who are substance dependent themselves as a result of being abused by their families is a major concern. This report describes withdrawal symptoms and the way of abstinence in a 2.5 year-old girl who was dependent to opium. After that she was given opium for nearly two years suppress withdrawal symptoms, methadone-aided opium detoxification started for her and after 65 days she left the hospital with no symptoms of withdrawal syndrome.
Declaration of interest: None.
Citation: Bidaki R, Sedaghati M, Hakim Shoshtari M, Ahmadkhniha H. Methadone-Aided Opium Detoxification in a 2.5 Year-Old Girl. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 2011; 5(1): 77-9.

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