What Is Rapid Opiate Detoxification And Naltrexone Induction?
Simply put, the rapid detox procedure or Anesthesia Assisted Rapid Opiate Detoxification eliminates the body’s craving for certain highly-addictive drugs such as heroin and Methadone by literally purging the system. This opiate reversal procedure is conducted under general anesthetic and is followed by a maintenance program employing Naltrexone in conjunction with counselling. While under general anesthetic, the patient is administered medications that remove the opiates (narcotics) from the nervous system. This causes immediate and sudden withdrawal. However, since the patient is unconscious, he/she avoids the anguish of rapid withdrawal. Naltrexone and Naloxone – two powerful yet safe drugs – are then administered, reducing the normal withdrawal period from five or six days to five or six hours. The patient is then maintained in a state where he/she essentially sleeps through the worst of the withdrawal symptoms over several hours. When the patient awakens, he/she will have lost thei
