Menu
  • Drug Overdose Facts
  • Individuals who inject methamphetamine can damage their blood vessels and develop skin abscesses.
  • Adolescent children of alcoholics are more prone to have symptoms of depression and anxiety such as crying, bed wetting, social problems, being afraid to go to school and nightmares.
  • During 2005 in the United States, opioid painkillers accounted for over 38% if the first-listed drug in cases of fatal overdoses; additionally, Benzodiazepine sedatives such as Xanax accounted for over 6% of the drug overdoses throughout this country.
  • A man in Pennsylvania who was high on Bath Salts entered a monastery and stabbed a priest.
  • During 2010, the average age of first non-medical use of prescription sedatives in the U.S. was 23.5 years.
1-866-847-9981
Name: Type of Treatment:
Email: Drug Abused
Phone: Describe the Situation:
City:
Detoxification

Detoxification is usually the initial step in getting off drugs. It permits a person to be in a supervised setting while they go through withdrawal symptoms for drugs and/or alcohol. There are different types of detoxification. Theyvary from drug-free to medically supervised. A frequent mistake that many addicts make is to assume that detox is sufficient to kick their habit. This is almost never the case. All detox does is get someone through the withdrawal when they stop using. It is often recommended that detox be followed up with some type of treatment plan to find out the root of why someone was using drugs in the first place.

Detoxification category listings in Lisle, Illinois: