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Opioid addiction being one of the menace of modern world and is prevelant in every part of it. The Author has described the sociodemographic profile of Opioid addiction in north India, which is one of the places where it is quite common and has compared the different treatment modalites for treating the Opioid withdrawal symptoms. The importance of treating the Opioid withdrawal symptoms is based on the fact that the addicts in most instances continue to consume Opioids just to avoid these symptoms.

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Dr Syed Sajad HussainMBBS,MDClinical PharmacologistGovernment Medical College, SrinagarJammu and KashmirIndia.

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