Oxycodone Detox Centers

Oxycodone is a common ingredient in prescription pain relievers, like Tylox, Percocet, and Percodan, all of which contain small doses of oxycodone blended with other ingredients, like aspirin. You may also be familiar with it because of its presence in OxyContin, a medication used for long-term relief from moderate to severe pain associated with conditions like arthritis and cancer.

Oxycodone is meant to be used under the care of a doctor, who would be sensitive to signs of growing dependence and able to reevaluate prescribing directions, ensuring both pain relief and free dome from addiction. When users deviate from the directions of their doctors or illegally obtain the drug without the monitoring of a physician, their chances of becoming addicted increase exponentially.

Like alcohol, marijuana, and heroin, oxycodone elevates the user’s levels of dopamine, a feel good chemical. Users gain and immediate reward and this keeps them using, which quickly turns into growing tolerance and increased use. It is no time at all before addiction sets in. When you are facing an addiction, you need to seek out professional drug rehab. But, first, you need professional detoxification.

The following discussion will explain the specific role of detox and prepare you for the withdrawal symptoms associated with oxycodone use. To learn more about professional oxycodone detoxification and the benefits it offers people in treatment for addiction, call 800-315-1376 (Who Answers?). You don’t need to figure out rehab on your own. Let experts guide you through the complicated process.

What Is Professional Detoxification?

You probably think that you know all about detox. You know that it is about removing toxins from your body because that is what all the tea and green smoothie detox programs talk about. And you know it is about getting sober because that’s what everyone talks about when they talk about drug detox. Well, you have some of the basics down, but that isn’t everything.

Professional detoxification isn’t just about getting the oxycodone out of your system. It is about the interventions that are used to do so. The goal of detox is to manage your health and your symptoms during this time, so that you remain physically healthy. In many ways, this is not something that can be accomplished through home detox, where you have few resources beyond the internet.

Is Detox Just Getting Sober?

Without professional help, users are likely to relapse on oxycodone.

No. Detox actually has three stages that work together to best prepare you for treatment, which is why it leads to better outcomes and retention among patients in rehab.

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the stages are:

1. Evaluation
2. Stabilization
3. Fostering the patient’s entry into treatment

During your evaluation, clinicians perform a thorough assessment of your psychological, medical and social situation. They also screen for co-occurring disorders. This information is used to create an individualized treatment plan that addresses your health and addiction comprehensively.

Stabilization is the actual process, both medical and psychological, of transitioning you from actively intoxicated to “a medically stable, fully supported, substance-free state.” This isn’t just about getting clean; it’s about being healthy.

The final stage stresses the importance of continuing with rehab. Detox is not a replacement for formal treatment and should not be used as such.

These stages work together and draw from the sciences in ways that literally cannot be replicated in home detox.

What Withdrawal Symptoms Are Associated with Oxycodone?

Because oxycodone is used as a pain reliever, users will find themselves especially sensitive to pain when they stop using it. This contributes to the excruciating discomfort of the withdrawal symptoms, which, according to the US National Library of Medicine, include:

• Increased tearing
• Trouble falling asleep and staying asleep
• Runny nose
• Goose bumps
• Agitation
• Anxiety
• Muscle aches and pains
• Sweating
• Yawning
• Abdominal cramping
• Nausea and vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Enlarged pupils

Although they are not life-threatening, the symptoms can be quite painful and this often leads to relapse when people try to detox at home. The symptoms will arrive somewhere between 12 and 30 hours after your final oxycodone use. The symptoms should clear up a few weeks after they set-in and they will increase in severity during that time, until the peak.

To learn more about withdrawal symptoms and how detox treats them, call 800-315-1376 (Who Answers?).