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How Long Does Medical Detox Take? -
Medical detox helps people withdraw from drugs or alcohol in relative comfort and safety under the careful watch of qualified clinicians and staff members such as doctors, nurses, and psychiatrists. How long does medical detox take is a question most individuals ask immediately and for which there is no easy answer. It all depends on ...
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Benefits of Medication Assisted Treatment in Drug Detox -
Detoxification, alone, is not a treatment for drug seeking behaviors, nor, is it sufficient in helping addicts to achieve long term abstinence from drugs. It is, however, the first stage of achieving abstinence and prepares the way for other treatment modalities that can help the person control the compulsive behaviors associated with drug addiction and ...
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How Medically Assisted Detox Helps People Cope with Opiate Withdrawal -
Over the past decade, opiate abuse practices have become commonplace on a global scale. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, an estimated 12 to 21 million people struggled with heroin and prescription pain pill addictions in 2010. While many of these people may have tried to break the addiction on their own, the ...
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Is Medically Assisted Detox an Option for Alcohol Detox and Withdrawal? -
Alcohol abuse has been around ever since man first learned how to make alcohol. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, treatment admission rates for alcohol abuse far outpace admissions for other addictive substances with over 41 percent of all admissions being alcohol-related. Not surprisingly, a number of treatment approaches have been developed to ...
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Pros and Cons of Medically Assisted Detox Programs -
Pro: Reduced Withdrawal According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, “easing withdrawal symptoms can be important in the initiation of treatment; preventing relapse is necessary for maintaining its effects.” Medically assisted detox programs help to reduce withdrawal symptoms and to prevent relapse by providing patients with medical intervention that will curb cravings, ease symptoms ...