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Drug
and Alcohol Detoxification
Detoxification is the process of safely
getting drugs and alcohol out of your system and can be
critical for individuals addicted to Alcohol, Opiates
and Prescription Drugs. Abruptly stopping after
a long period of abuse can be physically dangerous and should
not be attempted without medical supervision. The consequences
of drug and alcohol abuse and addiction are chronic and
potentially long-term. Working under the influence of controlled
substances like drugs and alcohol can cause dangers at both
workplace and home by mounting the risk of accidents, impairing
health and well being of the user, and diminishing efficiency.
Drug detox centers and alcohol detox programs in hospitals
and residential treatment facilities often include medical
support structures and the spiritual AA model. Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) attempts to deal with the psychosocial and
spiritual roots of alcohol and substance abuse problems
without dealing with the physical component.
Effective detoxification programs assemble the best available
practices for self-care, self-transformation, and self-discovery
from the broad realms of yogic and allied disciplines in
order to help the user. Such programs are carried out to
assist individual in recovering and connecting with spiritual
nourishment. Yoga serves the body during its detoxification
process and furthermore helps to establish and maintain
mental and emotional equilibrium.
A range of new medications based on the results of genetic
and neuroscience research involves taking doctor-prescribed,
such as disulfiram (Antabuse) or naltrexone (ReVia), Suboxone,
Subutex to help prevent relapse to drinking.
Some opiate addictions that often require medical supervised
detox programs are codeine addiction, darvocet addiction,
dilaudid addiction, heroin addiction, laam addiction, lorcet
addiction, lortab addiction, methadone addiction, mscontin
addiction, norco addiction, oxycontin addiction, percocet
addiction, percodan addiction, stadol addiction, vicodin
addiction, xanax addiction and zydone addiction.
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Opiods
“Narcotics,”
Another name for Opioids are natural compounds including morphine, codeine,
and related drugs derived from the opium poppy. The chief purpose of these medications
is to relieve pain. For instance, Morphine is often prescribed to patients before
or after surgery to ease severe pain. Likewise, Codeine, less efficacious than
morphine, is prescribed for milder pain while codeine and diphenoxylate are
used to relieve coughs and diarrhea. However, they have a high potential for
abuse.
Excessive use of Opioids
can result in fatal behavior, physical dependence, and addiction thereby increasing
tolerance, which means that users must take higher doses to achieve the same
initial effects. People addicted to narcotics often experience withdrawal symptoms,
restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, cold flashes
with goose bumps ("cold turkey"), and involuntary leg movements.
Moreover, large dose of Opioid drugs can cause severe respiratory depression
that can even lead to death.
To evade such circumstances,
it is wise to use Opioids with other drugs under a physician's supervision.
Usually, they should not be used with other substances that depress the central
nervous system, such as alcohol, antihistamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines,
or general anesthetics as they can cause fatal disorders.
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