Ubiratan Cardinalli Adler
Centro de Atenção Psicossocial (CAPS II), São Carlos, SP
Ilma Barreto Garcia Saraiva
Centro de Atendimento à Pessoa Deficiente (CAPD), Guarulhos, SP
Maria Flora de Almeida
Centro de Referência de Álcool, Tabaco e Outras Drogas (CRATOD), São Paulo, SP.
Marta Jezierski
Centro Brasileiro de Informações sobre Drogas (CEBRID), São Paulo, SP.
Amarilys de Toledo Cesar
Farmácia Homeopática HN-Cristiano, São Paulo, SP.
Edson Zangiacomi Martinez
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP/USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP.
José Carlos Fernandes Galduróz
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP.
Abstract:
Current therapeutical options for cocaine craving are still limited, favoring the seek for solutions in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). Homeopathy is a CAM modality recognized as a medical specialty in Brazil. Homeopathic medicines are produced through sequentially agitated dilutions in decimal (D), centesimal (C) or fifty-millesimal (Quinquagintamillesimal, Q or LM) potencies. The efficacy or effectiveness of homeopathic remedies for cocaine dependency has not yet been investigated. We conducted an exploratory randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind 4-week clinical trial aiming at assessing the efficacy and tolerability of the homeopathic medicines Opium and Erythroxylum coca in the complementary treatment of cocaine craving. The study was carried out in São Paulo, in the so called “cracolândia” area, at the Centro de Referência de Álcool, Tabaco e Outras Drogas (CRATOD), with the approval of the Ethics Committee of Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp).
Keywords:Alternative Medicine ,double-blind ,(CRATOD)