Rapid Detox is a new method of detoxification that speeds up detox by speeding up withdrawal symptoms from a drug so withdrawal that may have taken weeks will now take only hours. In case you are wondering, the patient is sedated through all of this so feels nothing.
The beginning of any recovery program for addiction is detox. Simply stated, the addictive drug is no longer ingested causing withdrawal symptoms as the body adjusts to being without the addictive substance. Living through detox can be rather painful and uncomfortable.
Drug addiction has always been viewed as a psychological problem and treated as such but the rapid detox approach deals with addiction somewhat differently.
Addiction is viewed as a physical problem; a chemical imbalance in the bain brought about by the addictive drug so addiction is treated as a medical problem. Rapid detox is performed in a hospital – an ICU or Intensive Care Unit no less.
First the patient is admitted to the hospital at least 24 hours prior to the procedure and a detox ‘plan’ is developed from careful monitoring of the patient. Next the actual detox procedure is performed with the injection of drugs designed to speed up withdrawal while the patient is sedated.
Last, the patient is monitored for another 24 hours in the ICU for any changes in vital signs.
This form of treatment, known as the Waismann Method, performs a very dangerous procedure within a hospital in case emergency medical care is needed.
The one drawback is the fact that medical insurance will not cover these costs. In spite of this the long term recovery rate of patients who had undergone this treatment is cited at 75%.
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