Rapid detox
I once saw a medical documentary that featured a patient who underwent rapid detox. Detox is a term used to describe someone who abruptly weans themselves from a drug addiction. It could be an addiction to a prescription drug, such as Vicodin, or an addiction to a street drug, like heroin. In any case, detoxing is hard, because the physical withdrawal symptoms can be disruptive and downright painful.
Rapid detox is often done while under general anesthesia, so that you are not awake to feel your body go through the sudden withdrawal. During your placement under anesthesia, a special procedure that “cleanses” your neurons of the opiate you are addicted to may or may not be performed. And when you wake up, you’ll be monitored closely for several days before being discharged. But even though you’ll be leaving the medical center where the rapid detox took place, you’ll remain in contact with the center via phone, email or weekly visits for several weeks, to ensure that you are recovering and moving on.
While I’ve never had to deal with a drug addiction, I can see why rapid detox would be beneficial.
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