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Biotech / Medical : DTOX - CITA BIOMEDICAL, ULTRA RAPID OPIATE DETOXIFICATION -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Frank Buck who wrote (49)3/11/1999 8:47:00 AM
From: Cisco  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 96
 
NEWS: Execution of the License Agreement with Centinela Hospital

<<March 11, 1999 06:45

CITA Announces Signing of License Agreement With Centinela
Hospital in Los Angeles, California

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Joseph Dunn, President of CITA Biomedical, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DTOX) announces the execution of the License Agreement with Centinela Hospital to utilize CITA's proprietary (patent pending) UROD method to detoxify patents addicted to opiate based drugs. Centinela is an affiliate of the Tenet Healthcare Corporation.

CITA, (Center for the Investigation and Treatment of Addiction) is the owner of a proprietary process known as UROD (Ultra Rapid Opiate Detoxification) (patent pending) to detoxify heroin addicts and individuals suffering from addiction to opiate-based drugs and medications. The patients experience few if any withdrawal symptoms as they are asleep under anesthesia for the procedure, and given FDA-approved medications that purge the body of opiates and rebalance the body's chemistry. Actual detoxification is completed in 4-7 hours. Patients generally require no more than a 24 hour hospital stay and 100% of patients complete the detoxification procedure. Inclusive is an extensive aftercare program including medication and a program of counseling and monitoring in order to insure long-term success.

The CITA/UROD Method has been successfully applied to detox over 6000 patients worldwide. More than 700 patients have been treated successfully in the United States where the procedure is performed by
CITA Certified Anesthesiologists in an approved CITA Licensed hospital.

The CITA/UROD procedure has been featured in the storylines of popular television programs including "ER," "Chicago Hope," "General Hospital" and as well as on ABC Television's 20/20, FOX News and Discover Wall Street.

CITA licensed facilities include the Mount Sinai Medical Center of Miami Beach, University of Illinois Medical Center and Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles, in the nationwide effort to detoxify and rehabilitate opiate dependent individuals.

SOURCE CITA Biomedical, Inc.

/CONTACT: Investor Relations of CITA Biomedical, Inc., 310-550-4971/>>
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