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More info... By Jonas Smith  For treatment alternatives in your area, some places to contact include counsellors (educational, school, professional / medical like psychologists), doctors and hospitals. They may offer treatment solutions that include self-help, smoking patches, online treatment and housing alternatives.
Some other options follow: Treatment Centres (mental health, crisis centres, substance abuse programs) Detoxification - Immediately halting an addict's alcohol or drugs, can result in not only emotional but physical withdrawal, as the body has become dependent. So medical detoxification, or "de-tox" for short, is sometimes a treatment option. De-tox is the process by which an addict is actively withdrawn with the help of his physician while the negative substances are gradually removed from his body's system, in a step-by-step process. Depending upon the addiction, some medications have been found to help with controlling mild to extreme withdrawal symptoms like seizures, delirium and shaking, with inpatient care. For example, with alcohol addiction, benzodiazepines, carbamazepine and clonidine are sometimes used. And tranquilizers can be used for outpatient care. While with cocaine, Antidepressant drugs may be used to help treat depression and anxiety during withdrawal. De-tox combined |
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