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Alcohol is the most commonly abused substance in the United States. Individuals that consume large quantities of alcohol on a consistent basis over time develop a physical dependency in their body forcing them to drink daily to prevent getting sick and going into withdrawal. The primary goal of Alcohol Detox is to rid the body of toxins at a safe and comfortable level. Alcohol Detox can cause a variety of major and/or minor physical, sometimes psychological, manifestations. Severe withdrawal results in seizures or delirium tremens (DT's), which can be fatal if not properly treated Due to the possibility of seizures and DT's, Alcohol Detox it is necessary for people in alcohol withdrawal to be closely monitored by medical staff. Different medications are used to prevent DT's and seizures. The recovery of the alcoholic cannot begin until they have undergone Alcohol Detox.
Barbiturates are among the most dangerous, life threatening drugs in the world due to the high risk of seizures. Barbiturate Detox is a process in which the harmful toxins are removed from the body. Barbiturates are commonly known as Barbs, Downers, or Goofballs that act as a sedative in the central nervous system giving off a sense of peacefulness, calmness, and interrupted thought process. The drug is usually swallowed as a capsule, tablet or liquid soluble. Side effects include mood swings, hostility, depression, confusion, intense emotions, reduced sex drive, and impotence. During Barbiturate Detox medication is given to reduce the risk of seizure and help with withdrawal symptoms.
Benzodiazepine Detox can result in severe health complication's if not done in a medical setting due to the high risk of seizures. Benzodiazepines such as Xanax, Klonapin, and Valium and have long been prescribed for anxiety and insomnia. Studies have shown that these drugs are both psychologically and physically addictive. If a person stops taking them suddenly, they will experience withdrawal symptoms similar to Alcohol withdrawal. The most dangerous symptom of Benzodiazepine Detox is a seizure. A Benzodiazepine Detox is medical necessity for a person addicted to the benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepine Detox consists of administering medication in helping a person slowly taper down from the drug to avoid seizures.
Cocaine Detox can be a very frightening and scary experience due to the mental obsession left from using the drug, and should be done in a medical facility. Cocaine often referred to as White, Yeyo, Snow, or powder has been reported to have significantly increased over the years. Cocaine Users often become dependent on the drug which produces a sense of excitement and exhilaration. Effects of cocaine are very short and fast. The user feel's more awake, alert, and energetic as well as producing a king of the world and sense of power feeling Side effects can include depression, insomnia, paranoia, loss of weight, and psychotic state. The psychological dependence from cocaine usually is gradual over a period of time and is of the utmost importance for Cocaine Detox due to the mental cravings and obsession. This is a very important component of the initial stages of a Cocaine Detox. Cocaine Detox consists of close monitoring and may include medications as patients may become dangerous to themselves and others.
Crack Detox is very psychological, and sometimes has medical compilations. Crack Cocaine has become one of the most addictive drugs in today's society. Once smoked goes straight to the pleasure center of the brain producing a euphoric like state making the user feel superior, in control, psychic, even god like. Users report an immediate high lasting anywhere from 30-60 seconds and then have an overwhelming obsession to use more and more. Users have indicated that even after months of abstinence from the drug, a mental obsession still remains. Crack Cocaine use has lead to increased crime, poverty, and homelessness. Side effects include extreme paranoia, loss of weight, dehydration, insomnia, and altered mental state of mind. Crack use leaves drug residues in the body; including the brain, liver and other tissues. Crack Detox may involve medication that allows the kidneys and liver time to remove the toxins from the blood system. Psychiatric medication may also be administered during a Crack Detox to help the mental obsession.
Ecstasy has a chemical structure which lodges in the tissue and other tissue of the body. Ecstasy like other drugs is very dangerous to the body as harmful toxins begin to accumulate. Ecstasy Detox must be done so a person can begin to recover. Ecstasy burns out nerve messengers called nero-transmitters, like dopamine and serotonin. These transmitters are made unavailable while taking the drug creating long term mental health problems and depression. Ecstasy Detox would entail fully removing the drug and its chemical residues from the body of the user before the body would be able to re-build and repair itself fully.
GHB Detox is currently being studied through a variety of tests to learn more helpful ways in the GHB Detox process. GHB (gamma hydroxy butyrate) widely known as the DATE RAPE DRUG is a growing problem among athletes, students, and heavily distributed in the club scene. GHB and its analogs are used for a variety of reasons such as partying, weight training and date or acquaintance rape. This drug is a central nervous system depressant much like rohypnol, and barbiturates that can sedate or relax the body. At higher doses it can slow breathing and heart rate to dangerous levels. Severe side-effects and consequences can result from use of the drug such as liver problems, high blood pressure, mood swings, increased sweating, nausea, headaches, tremors, and impaired breathing .GHB withdrawal lasts a full 10-14 days, with potential ongoing issues, that usually subside with time. GHB Detox will require medication's at least temporarily for depression, anxiety, etc and patients are under 24 hour supervision.
Heroin Detox is very scary and uncomfortable Detox unless done under medical supervision. One percent of heroin addicts in the United States die from an overdose each year despite having developed a tolerance as well as multiple Heroin Detox attempts. Medical consequences of heroin use over time include collapsed or scarred veins, bacterial abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections. Many of the additives in heroin may include substances that do not readily dissolve and result in clogging the blood vessels that lead to the lungs, liver, kidneys, or brain. This can cause infection or even death of small patches of cells in vital organs. The primary objective of a Heroin Detox is to relieve withdrawal symptoms while patients adjust to a drug-free state. Heroin addicts find that they must use on a daily basis, sometimes hourly to avoid going into withdrawal symptoms which include, shakes, sweats, vomiting, constipation, and sleep deprivation. The street term' Dope sick" refers to exactly that.
Research has shown that an Inhalant Detox is vary rare, and are currently being studied for more effective methods and procedures. Inhalants typically include nitrous oxide, Freon, gasoline, and many household products. These substances are sniffed, snorted, huffed from a bag, soaked rag, or can. Physical symptoms may vary from a runny nose, disoriented speech, and sores around the mouth. . Effects resulting from use include limb spasms, abdominal pain, nosebleeds, and hearing loss. If continued over a period of time inhalants will cause heart failure and even death. Inhalant Detox should be done in a medical facility due to possible health risks.
Ketamine Detox is a very structured process, as the drug was originally intended for the use on animals. Ketamine which is similar to PCP or angel dust, is a psychedelic anesthetic approved for commercial use as a veterinary product in cats and monkeys for short-duration surgery or immobilization; it is also used in human medicine. This drug is commonly used in the club scene and produces state patients refer to as the "K-HOLE" Effects upon taking the drug include vivid imagery, a dream like status, hallucinations, and possibly extreme delirium. These effects may last up to 1 hour, but motor skills, and coordination may last up to 18-24 hours. Ketamine has proven to have long term damaging effects on the brain. Withdrawal symptoms include dizziness, confusion, blurred vision, flashbacks, slurring of speech, impaired motor skills, cessation of breathing, and can lead to death unless properly treated. Hundreds of deaths occur each year due to overdoses from this drug. Ketamine Detox uses different mediation to help withdrawal symptoms, and medical complications.
Marijuana Detox is an essential process before a person can become clean due to THC residue left over in the body. Marijuana second from alcohol is one of the most commonly used drugs today in the world rising in the teen population. Legalization of this drug has been established in Holland, and British Columbia, and had been an ongoing battle in the States. Marijuana is commonly referred to as Mary Jane, Pot, Bud, Green, Crypey, and the Kind. This drug very slowly breaks down in the blood system releasing oily toxins called cannabinols usually over a period of thirty days. Toxins from Marijuana create a nutrient insufficiencies chemical imbalances and cravings of the drug. Side effects, include depression, irritability, loss of drive, and could lead to medical complications. Marijuana Detox may require mediation to help reduce the craving affects, and depressive state of mind.
Methadone Detox has to be done under medical supervision or the user will become so sick, that he/she will immediate go right back to the drug. Methadone Detox is one of the most common Detox methods’s used for Heroin and Opiate withdrawal, but is also impossible to overcome without a Methadone Detox done in a medical facility. Each year Doctors prescribe Methadone as an alternative to using Heroin, Opiates, and other substances.. Due to this people go from being addicted to Heroin, and Opiates to becoming addicted to Methadone. To the addict this may appear to be the perfect cure, but it is far from that. Methadone goes into your bone structure, and slowly begins to deteriorate the body. Testimonials from Methadone patients that have either missed a dose or forgotten a dose, find themselves miserable and in withdrawal. Former Heroin users have claimed that Heroin withdrawal is far less painful and difficult than withdrawal from Methadone. From this comes the fear of getting off Methadone. Effective Methadone Detox methods include an inpatient medical taper modality allowing the patient to slowly come off the drug without becoming sick. Methadone Detox can last up to several weeks depending on the dose. Methadone does not have to be the way of life for people addicted to Opiates, Heroin and other substances.
Methamphetamines commonly known as Crystal Meth, Crank, Speed, Tweak or Ice is a strongly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system. This drug has dangerous effects that include over stimulation of the adrenal glands, giving a temporary high. Usage of methamphetamines in individuals may appear to be hidden over years, but are very damaging to the body, brain and mind. Side affects include extreme paranoia, mood swings, loss of appetite/weight, insomnia, and false sense of reality that may develop into a psychotic state of mind. The long term effects of Methamphetamines can be reversible. Methamphetamine Detox requires medication and close monitoring due neglected dietary needs hygiene, and impaired mental state of mind.
Persons who abuse Opiates specifically pain medications develop a habit, having to take a certain dose every day in order to avoid going into withdrawal. This habit will increase with intensity over time and a higher dose will be needed to produce the same effect. When a person who is physically dependent on Opiates suddenly stops taking them, opiate withdrawal begins. This is why Opiate Detox must be done medically. Common Opiate withdrawal symptoms are: shivers, sweats, shakes, sleep deprivation, and diarrhea. It is extremely difficult for people to try and Detox themselves on their own based on the psychological and physical withdrawal process. Most people will break down after 2 or 3 days and return to using drugs. Opiate Detox is a medical Detox, using different medications to prevent the withdrawal signs and uncomfortable symptoms.
Prescription Drugs are heavily prescribed today by doctors all over the world for various illnesses. Many times users go to multiple Doctors to get their prescriptions and may also write their own. In addition patients prescribed drugs for legitimate medical problems find themselves quickly addicted without intention over a short period of time. On the rise have been a number of pain management clinics which solicit a quick solution, and an easy way to obtain drugs. Many users and Doctors have been arrested in the last several years over these circumstances. Prescription Drugs quickly form a physical dependence within the body making it almost impossible to stop abruptly without getting sick and going into withdrawal. Withdrawal symptoms include shakes, sweats, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, headaches, and depression. Before treatment can effectively begin, Prescription Detox is a must so the body can rid itself of all the poisonous toxins from these medications. Prescription Detox is done method under close supervision using medications to prevent withdrawal symptoms and side affects.
PCP (phencyclidine) was developed in the 1950s as an intravenous anesthetic and introduced as a street drug in the 1960's Common terms for this drug include Angel Dust, Ozone, Wack, Wet, and rocket fuel.. PCP can be mixed easily with dyes and turns up on the illicit drug market in a variety of tablets, capsules, and colored powders. It is normally used in one of three ways: ingested, snorted, or smoked. PCP goes into the central nervous system similar to alcohol and benzodiazepines. PCP Detox is of the utmost importance when coming off the drug due to medical risks. Side effects of PCP can include high blood pressure, loss of muscular coordination, nausea, blurred vision, memory loss, and violent/suicidal tendencies. Long term use can result in death or coma. Detox from PCP is essential before a person can begin recovery. Often time's patients will become violent or suicidal and are very dangerous to themselves and others. PCP Detox requires medication to be administered. Twenty four hour monitoring is essential in a PCP Detox due to patients becoming a danger to themselves or others.