Medically-Assisted Detox
Start Your Substance-Free Life
Get Support from Medical Professionals
Complete Detox Safely and More Comfortably
Build the Skills for Life-Long Sobriety
Are You Ready to Detox and Live Authentically?
Recognizing you have an addiction and seeking help is courageous. The next step is removing substances from your body. Detox isn’t easy, and it can be dangerous if not done with the correct supervision and support. It’s painful to go through withdrawal or to watch a loved one experience it. But there is a better way.
What if you or your loved one could:
- Receive medication to help manage detox symptoms
- Be surrounded by medical professionals during detox and withdrawal to ensure safety
- Understand and get treatment for trauma that likely is the root cause of the addiction
- Learn skills to assist with long-term sobriety
- Live your life authentically and substance-free
Integrative Life Center can lead you to professional and compassionate care to help you detox safely and with minimal discomfort.
Don’t let the fear stop the recovery you deserve.
What is Detox?
Detox is when you rid your body of toxic or unhealthy substances. The process of eliminating toxins from the body isn’t easy. Depending on the amount of substances used and for how long, detox can take days, weeks, or even a month.
Just like the time it takes to clean out your system, detox symptoms vary widely. Symptoms may include:
- Headaches and body aches
- Insomnia and fatigue
- Nausea and vomiting
- Chills and fever
- Flu-like symptoms
- Tremors
- Muscle aches
- Irritability
- Mood swings
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Confusion
- Difficulty focusing
- Cravings
Some symptoms are more serious and can even be life-threatening. Severe detox symptoms include:
- Hallucinations
- Suicidal ideation
- Elevated heart rate and blood pressure
A combination of treatments can ease the detox process. These treatments may include medication and therapy.
Why You Shouldn’t Try to Quit Alone
Trying to quit substance use alone isn’t a good idea. Going “cold turkey” can be extremely dangerous in some situations and can cause death, depending on the substances used and for how long. Tapering off protects you from potentially deadly symptoms.
Medically-assisted detox helps stabilize your brain chemistry as it finds its natural balance. While medically-assisted detox doesn’t eliminate withdrawal symptoms, it makes managing them easier. Most importantly, it keeps you or your loved one safe while the brain and body adapt to living without substances.
Stay safe during withdrawal.
Who Are Detox Services Right For?
Detox services are for anyone with substance use disorder who is ready to commit to recovery. Those substances may be anything from alcohol to opioids. Detoxing alone is difficult and potentially unsafe. When it comes to removing toxins from your body, you really can’t be too careful. If you or a loved one is ready to detox, you don’t have to go it alone. If you think you have an addiction and are ready for recovery, our team can advise you of the best approach for you or your loved one and help you take the next steps.
You don’t have to take the next steps alone. Let us guide you.
Why Choose a Medical Detox?
A medical detox can help you withdrawal safely and as comfortably as possible while you begin working with a specialist on addiction and mental health concerns. Medical detox or medication-assisted treatment (MAT) combines therapy with medications to help alleviate withdrawal symptoms.
Medication-assisted treatment can help:
- Ease withdrawal symptoms
- Detox your body from substances
- Fully participate in recovery
- Reduce cravings
- Ease discomfort as your brain adjusts to being substance-free
- Set you on a path to life-long recovery
With medical professionals’ oversight, medication-assisted treatment allows you to experience detox and withdrawal safely.
What to Expect from Medically Supervised Detoxification
A medical detox can help you withdrawal safely and as comfortably as possible while you begin working with a specialist on addiction and mental health concerns. Medical detox or medication-assisted treatment (MAT) combines therapy with medications to help alleviate withdrawal symptoms.
Medication-assisted treatment can help:
- Standardized health assessments
- 24/7 support and supervision from qualified medical staff
- An individualized treatment plan
- Medications to manage symptoms
- Nutritional therapy
- Mindfulness therapies
- Participation in a support group
- Individual therapy
Recovery is possible. You deserve to heal.
Start Detox and Your New Life
Detox helps you or a loved one safely rid the body of substances and begin recovery. If you’re ready to commit to recovery and healing, Integrative Life Center is here to help. Our admissions specialists are ready to guide you to healing.
This is an invitation to take that next step if you need...
- a hand to help lift you up
- a warm, intimate environment to help you feel connected
- someone to walk the journey with you as you reconnect to you authentic self
- safety and grounding as you start your healing process
