Opioid Addiction

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AHN Team Explores Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy for Opioid Addiction

 A team of physicians at Allegheny Health Network (AHN) today announced the launch of an important pilot study exploring the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy to treat opioid addiction.  In collaboration with Mark Fuller MD, executive director of the AHN Center for Recovery Medicine, the study has been designed by Nestor Tomycz, MD, director of stereotactic and functional…