Welcome to Drug Medical Detox
This site deals with several serious medical issues, related to treatment for drug addiction. Our objective is to provide you with the most medically correct and current information. To assure that you, the reader, understand the terminology, we’ll define the terminology of the subjects we’ll be addressing:
1) Drug Addiction:
A progressive, chronic, potentially relapsing disorder that includes cravings
for mind-altering substances and the compulsion to use them; inability to
exert self-control over the use of these substances; continued use of these
substances, despite negative consequences.
2) Detoxification:
The metabolic process by which the toxic qualities of a drug or poison are
eliminated by the body. Also, A medically supervised program of treatment
for drug addiction during which the body rids itself of the remnants of
toxic chemical compounds remaining in the system after a long period of
abusing any mind-altering substance.
3) Treatment:
A scientifically based program to assist a drug addicted individual in gaining
knowledge and skills to help break the cycle of addiction, usually
incorporating behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, group counseling,
nutritional guidance, medications, or combinations of these.
The focus
of this website, as the domain name implies, is on detoxification and its
place in the process of recovery from drug addiction. “Detox”
has often been misunderstood and misrepresented by some “so called”
treatment providers whose methods do not have a scientific basis for effectiveness.
We hope the information presented here clarifies the subject, and offers resources—as well as hope—to those who are struggling with addiction, and to those who care about someone with a serious drug problem.
Thank you for visiting. The information provided here is not allied with any particular treatment center or program. For information about a detox facility or treatment program in your area, we invite you to call (800) 334-8794.