Drug Withdrawal

Drug withdrawal is a serious matter and one that should not be undertaken alone. Drug and alcohol addiction have severe negative impact on the life of those dependant on drugs and alcohol, their loved ones, and on other people in their lives. The consequences of drug and alcohol addiction are often the same. Each negatively affects one’s health, relationships and quality of life. Drug and alcohol abuse also harms society since they have been shown to sometimes play a role in domestic violence, violent crimes, car accidents, and vehicular homicides.

Help for Alcohol Withdrawal

Though alcohol is a legal drug, it can still be extremely addictive and dangerous. There can be serious drug withdrawal symptoms when an addicted individual stops drinking. There can be no doubt that if you are addicted to drugs or alcohol that you need to get addiction treatment and help with drug and alcohol withdrawal management. Drug withdrawal is managed in medically supervised drug and alcohol detox programs. Drug and alcohol detox programs should not be confused with rehab programs. One way to look at detox is as a period of medical stabilization and rehab programs are the follow-up to drug and alcohol detox to maintain any of the gains made while in detox.

Managing Drug Withdrawal Symptoms

Our drug detox program is designed to reduce and sometimes eliminate drug withdrawal symptoms. Our top priority is making our patients as comfortable as possible during this difficult stage. Dual diagnosis treatment involves drug addiction, alcohol addiction and psychiatric disorders all treated simultaneously. Medications may be dispensed to manage any psychiatric symptoms in addition to specific medications needed to reduce or eliminate the drug withdrawal symptoms while undergoing alcohol withdrawal, heroin withdrawal, OxyContin withdrawal, Methadone withdrawal or any number of other types of drug withdrawal.

Key to our management of drug withdrawal symptoms at the Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center at Lakeview Health are the standards of excellence we strictly adhere to in the areas of drug rehabilitation, alcohol rehabilitation and dual diagnosis treatment. Our physicians are all board certified in their medical specialty and have been certified by A.S.A.M. (Addiction Society of Addiction Medicine) to specialize in addiction medicine. Our clinical staff is licensed and trained not only in drug addiction treatment, but also in the treatment of mental health problems such as; depression, bipolar disorder, post traumatic stress, borderline personality disorder, sexual abuse, eating disorders and others.

Get the drug withdrawal help you need today from a facility dedicated to dual diagnosis treatment. Call Lakeview Health now at 1-800-231-2950. All calls are completely confidential and our staff is available to assist you 24 hours a day.