
Posted on June 15, 2017 in Detoxification
8 Reasons Why Medical Detox Is the Only Safe Way to Get Clean
Pharmacologic therapies are utilized in drug detox to prevent life-threatening withdrawal complications such as seizures, delirium tremens, heart attacks and suicidal ideation. Medical detox also increases compliance with psychosocial forms of addiction treatment in rehab. Medication management of withdrawal symptoms and recovery is based on the type, duration, timing and dosage of abused drugs as well as an individual’s overall health. People who choose to detox “cold turkey” on their own without medically assisted detox often suffer unimaginable physical and psychological pain and many relapse due to extreme withdrawal symptoms.1