The Best Way to Detox
A significant number of people afflicted with an addiction illness will attempt to stop using and detoxing on their own. Not only will this be a difficult task, but it comes with inherent risks. This would be especially true if your addiction covers a significant amount of time and involves substances like opiates or methamphetamine. A better and safer alternative would be seeking …show more content…
If warranted, they could recommend prescription medications and allow you to detox at home. A more likely scenario would be putting you through an in-house program,
The Best Way to Detox In-house
Professional clinicians and doctors are responsible for administering in-house detox programs. In many cases, they allow the patient to go through a natural detox process, prescribing medications for pain and sleep only when necessary. With advance addictions, they might determine there's a need for a medically-monitored detox process.
A medically-monitored detox process usually includes the use of tapering medications. There medications are designed to allow the patient to slowly deal with any's withdrawal symptoms. Physicians consider this to be a safe approach, essentially offsetting the dangers of that come with the detoxing process.
Where to Find the Best Way to Detox
At First Step Detox, we maintain a small facility that allows use to closely monitor all of our patients. From our two locations in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, we offer the following programs:
Alcohol detox
Opiate/heroin