Drug Detox
Prolonged Drug abuse can create profound changes in your brain and body chemistry. That's why one of the first steps in any drug addiction recovery process will be to detoxify from these poisonous chemicals and their by-products. There are several types of drug detoxification facilities available such as outpatient detox programmes and rapid 5 day detox programmes, but the detox programs that have been proven to be the safest and most effective are referred to as "medically based inpatient detox programmes".
Medically Based Drug Detox Centres
- A location that is often, though not exclusively, within a drug or alcohol rehab centre and has been accredited by the CSCi (Commission for Social Care inspection) or the Healthcare Commission as a (private or public) Hospital.
- 24 hour nursing team will be on hand to support you as you engage in the detoxification and any challenges it may bring about.
- Fully qualified and experienced Medical staff including Doctors prescribing the detox regime.
- Ability to safely and effectively manage the sometimes dangerous physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms.
- Ability to assess you as an individual and determine your individual requirements for ongoing rehabilitation.
- Services including nutritional guidance, massage / yoga / reflexology / aromatherapy groups and other holistic therapies may be available.
Withdrawal during the Drug Detox Process
Stopping your drug dependency use immediately may be dangerous and, in some cases, life threatening (particularly for alcoholic withdrawal). One of the goals of any inpatient medically based drug detox programme will be to minimise all the risks associated with this withdrawal and to ensure that the client is as comfortable as possible during the detoxification experience. These are some of the symptoms associated with the untreated detox process:
- Headaches
- Tremors
- Sweats
- Runny nose
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Seizures
- Convulsions
- Insomnia and restlessness
- Muscular spasms
- Bone and muscle pain
- Vomiting and nausea
- Irritability, agitation and panic
- Diarrhoea
- Goose bumps (hence the term Cold Turkey)
Inpatient drug detox programs are fully prepared to manage these symptoms as well as to dispense safe and appropriate medications at a moment's notice.
Drug Detox is the just the beginning
It may be relevant to understand that a drug detoxification procedure is just the initial step in the recovery process. Drug detox centres provide a safe environment for a medical solution to one's dependency, only and should not be viewed as rehabilitation. Treatment Centres will help you make the real changes in your life by working towards establishing a firm ground upon which future long-term recovery is to be built.
Statistics compiled after years of research have found that the vast majority of people that completed alcohol or drug detoxification, but then failed to continue rehabilitative treatment in a residential addiction treatment centre, ended up in relapse and no better off (often worse) than they were beforehand. Detoxification is a necessary component in the path towards recovery, but permanent change and positive recovery is generally achieved through a multidisciplinary of protocols that address the root of someone's addiction and not just their physical symptoms.
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