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  • Fentanyl is hundreds of times more potent than street heroin, and tends to produce significantly worse respiratory depression, making it a dangerous drug for heroin abusers to play around with.
  • Heroin abusers often combine it with other drugs, such cocaine or methamphetamine with heroin (known as speedballing), or use alcohol, marijuana, or tranquilizers to enhance the high and blunt effects of withdrawal.
  • For individuals who have struggled long-term chronic drug addiction, episodes of relapse may require a return to prior drug rehab components.
  • Death has been reported from withdrawal-related seizures after gradual reduction in dose from Ativan.
  • In 2010, 2.7% of 8th graders, 7.7% of 10th graders, and 8.0% of 12th graders had abused Vicodin for nonmedical purposes at least once in the year prior to being surveyed.
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Detoxification

Detoxification is generally the initial step in getting off drugs. It allows a particular person to be in a supervised environment while they go through withdrawal symptoms for drugs and/or alcohol. There are diverse types of detoxification. Theyrange from drug-free to medically supervised. A prevalent mistake that many addicts make is to think that detox is sufficient to kick their habit. This is rarely the case. All detox does is get a person through the withdrawal when they stop using. It is at all times recommended that detox be followed up with some type of treatment plan to uncover the root of why someone was using drugs in the first place.

Detoxification category listings in Garrison, Iowa:

  • Covenant Medical Center Horizons
    23.6 miles from Garrison, Iowa
    Covenant Medical Center Horizons is a Substance Abuse Treatment Center that is located at:

    3421 West 9th Street
    Waterloo, IA. 50702
    319-272-8560

    Treatment Services: Substance Abuse Programs, Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient Programs, Outpatient Treatment, Adolescents (18 and under), Co-Occurring Mental with Substance Abuse Issues, Women Only, Men Only, Specialized in Hearing Impaired Clients
    Payment Options: Self Pay (Out of Pocket), Medicaid Coverage, Medicare Coverage, State Financed Insurance besides Medicaid, Private or Personal Health Insurance, Accepts Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare)