A proposal for a monitoring and aversive feedback device to maintain drug abstinence or controlled drug use.
A device implanted in a patient could monitor blood levels of addictive substances on an intermittent or continuous basis. Excessive levels of a given substance would trigger release of an aversive chemical agent into the bloodstream, in essence creating an artificial allergy. Implications of the concept are discussed.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D001348:Aversive Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*
D000431:Ethanol