Dangers of rapid opiate detox

Lets be clear on this point first: Rapid opiate detox is very unsafe if not executed under the supervision of trained, qualified and certified medical professionals. With that much of info, it shall become easier for you to discriminate between quacks and those who are not.

The reason behind this form of detoxification is gaining popularity is understood; while conventional detoxification procedures for opiates is a grueling and brings on excruciating physical pain, with rapid detox, a person literally sleeps through the experience. The result is waking up fresh and free of opiate remnants, but there is a flip side to it. Being free from opiates or any other drugs is getting it out from the body and also from ones psyche; else the craving shall take a person back to where he belonged.

The new method is definitely making addicts willing to come out from opiates interested (and the number includes even those who didnt develop the addiction out of pain management programs), but theres a flip side to it (other than the risks imposed by untrained service providers), despite the complete recovery it promises. However, that is if the follow-up treatments (psychotherapies) are not integrated with the detox program; so weekend trippers and recreational users, how much ever you think it is an easy way out to spend the coming week as a normal person, youll be worsening the situation by developing a tolerance to the medication itself. That shall leave you with no option other than undergoing the traditional treatments, with a lot of extra pain to endure.

Now, a little bit on how the rapid opiate detox process works.

Rapid detox puts a complete end to withdrawal pains in a day or two (max three) for mild and moderate users) and a week to ten days for those who are severely addicted. It starts with an evaluation process, which reveals the type of opiate a person is addicted to and thus, figuring out the most suitable treatment pattern. The actual detox process starts after this, where the anesthesia is injected in required doses as well as the medications that intensify as well as accelerate the detoxification process. The sedation helps patients not to feel the otherwise unbearable pain sensations, removing the hesitation that keeps opiate dependents away from seeking medical aid. The last part is the follow-up medications (to check tolerance) and psychotherapies, which end the craving a person faces for the opiates and immunes his system from the drugs effects.

But it is also a fact that the increasing numbers of opiate abusers are taking advantage of the procedure and aiding the mushrooming of run-of-the-mill rapid detox setups; these are doing more harm than good under the disguise of providing an easy escape. Besides, there stay health risks associated; theres no doubt rapid detox brings immense benefits to people who are seriously addicted but it also inflicts massive shocks on the system. The intensified, accelerated opiate detox literally forces things out of the system, bringing it to a state which it has not experienced over a long period; in the absence of the stuff that made it keep going, the internal organs start behaving erratically, managing which, is not possible without knowing the subject completely. Hope that clears the importance of a rapid opiate detox under the supervision of qualified medical professionals, specially trained for this job only.