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brain surgery to cure drug addiction is strictly controlled because its effectiveness and safety have not been proved, a health official said yesterday.
a man walks in front of a light box with chinese writing that reads' severe damage of drug’ at an anti-drugs exhibition in shanghai in 2003. [afp]
qi guoming, chief of the science and education department under the health ministry, said in beijing that side effects of the surgery are still unclear
brain surgery to cure drug addiction was banned in russia in 2002 after a patient claimed he suffered headaches as a result of the operation, which also failed to cure his addiction, according to agence france press.
by november 2 when the operation was suspended in china, about 500 patients had received the surgery.
most reported positive results, but some appeared to have abnormal symptoms, like loss of sex drive.
a man walks in front of a light box with chinese writing that reads' severe damage of drug’ at an anti-drugs exhibition in shanghai in 2003. [afp]
qi guoming, chief of the science and education department under the health ministry, said in beijing that side effects of the surgery are still unclear
brain surgery to cure drug addiction was banned in russia in 2002 after a patient claimed he suffered headaches as a result of the operation, which also failed to cure his addiction, according to agence france press.
by november 2 when the operation was suspended in china, about 500 patients had received the surgery.
most reported positive results, but some appeared to have abnormal symptoms, like loss of sex drive.