Medical Detox

A medical detoxification occurs at a rehab or at treatment centers. Most patients at medical facilities have a severe addiction or have had a few relapses after stopping drug use. A medical detox is also necessary for those suffering from physical symptoms due to withdrawal from drugs.

Significance

• The website FreedomDrugRehab.com reports that detoxification is the first step of a medical detox.

Types

• The FreedomDrugRehab.com site says that the medical detox program involves prescription drugs to ease withdrawal, healthy meals and vitamin supplementation, and scheduled activities like saunas, individual and/or group therapy, exercise and other treatments.

Benefits

• A medical detox makes it easier for a person to give up drugs by helping the patient through the withdrawal and cravings of detoxification. This helps a person to stay clean and sober.

Considerations

• There are many kinds of treatment centers available, so it is important to learn about a clinic and its methods before becoming a patient.

Time Frame

• The time frame of medical detoxification programs varies widely. Some programs are 30 days of in-patient care while other programs last two to six months on an out-patient basis. The length of treatment depends on the severity of the addiction.