Detoxification or 'detox' for alcoholics is a process when addicts abruptly stop consuming alcohol drinking coupled with the substitution of drugs that have similar effects to offset the withdrawal symptoms. Some of the most common drugs which are used in the process of detoxification include Benzodiazepines and Barbiturates.
There are son many ways to perform detox process. However, it is important to check the varying degrees of tolerance before choosing your way of detoxification. In a most popular way of detox, a standard dose of the benzodiazepine is given every half hour until light sedation is reached. Once a baseline dose is determined, the medication is tapered over the ensuing 3-10 days. Another popular option could be giving a standard dose of benzodiazepine researching the history and adjustment capacity of an addict. It is a kind of a withdrawal phenomenon for all addicts. A third option is to defer treatment until symptoms occur, which is safe only with relatively mild alcohol users.
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