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Heroin maintenance programs Providing a medical prescription for pharmaceutical heroin (diamorphine) to heroin addicts has been seen in some countries as a way of solving the ‘heroin problem’ with potential benefits to the individual addict and to society. Studies have proven the treatment to greatly improve the social and health situation of patients, while reducing [...]
Rapid opiate detoxification therapy, which critics claim lacks long-term efficacy and can actually be detrimental to a patient’s long-term recovery has led to controversy. Additionally, there have been many questions raised about the ethics as well as safety of rapid detox following a number of deaths resulting from the procedure. Adapted from the Wikipedia article [...]
Drug detoxification (often shortened to “detox”) is a collective of interventions directed at controlling acute drug intoxication and drug withdrawal. It refers to a purging from the body of the substances to which a patient is addicted and acutely under the influence. The process of detoxification aims at lessening the physical effects caused by the [...]
The concept of “detoxification” comes from the discredited autotoxin theory of Dr. George E. Pettey and others. David Musto says that “according to Pettey, opiates stimulated the production of toxins in the intestines, which had the physiological effect associated with withdrawal phenomena… Therefore treatment would consist of purging the body of toxins and any lurking [...]
The often painful symptoms of drug withdrawal may last for several days and can stand as a barrier to the treatment of a drug abuse problem. Some practitioners use “rapid” or “ultra rapid” detoxification methods to condense the withdrawal process into a considerably shorter period of time, about two hours, while the addict is asleep. [...]
Fasting is defined as abstinence from all food and drink apart from water for a limited period of time to maintain or improve health, or treat a specific illness. Juice fasting, a popular variation, is abstinence from all food and drink except water, vegetable juices and fruit juices.
Detoxification (or “detox”) is a process which involves removing toxic substances from the body. Detoxification is one of the main functions of the liver, kidneys, and lower gastrointestinal tract. Detox can also be done through the use of dialysis, chelation therapy, and other alternative methods…
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