Rapid Detox - Addiction & Recovery Message Board

Snake1220 · 07-15-2007, 09:52 AM

Has anyone tried the anesthesia assisted rapid detox? It seems like it is some kind of wonder cure, although imagine it is very expensive. Juts wondering if anyone knows anything about how it actually works and how much it costs.

jules3 · 07-15-2007, 06:55 PM

Snake, do alot of research online. i heard it was pretty dangerous.

reachout · 07-15-2007, 07:24 PM

Hi Snake

The Waisman Institute is well known for rapid detox. They will talk to you and answer questions by phone. I only know what I have read online. As jules advises, I would also suggest a lot of researh first, always remembering that while detox is tough, it is recovery that is of the most importance. Plan that part well also!

Wishing you every success in all parts of your plan
reach

TrampyG · 07-16-2007, 09:15 AM

Costs about $10,000 with everything and apparently shortens your detox by about 70-80%. It does NOT allow you to wake up in zero pain and zero discomfort. It is dangerous to some extent (more so than CTurkey by a mile) and is no wonder cure. That said, if you have the money, don't mind the small risk and don't feel like there are other options, you should look into it. I would not personally do it given what I know about it but then again I did think seriously about it at one time. The main thing you should remember is that you will still be in WD when you awake -- I don't care what the doctors promise you. There are a very small % of patients who wake up feeling no pain. VERY small %. It shortens WD -- it does not extinguish it.

kuk07 · 07-16-2007, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Snake1220

Has anyone tried the anesthesia assisted rapid detox? It seems like it is some kind of wonder cure, although imagine it is very expensive. Juts wondering if anyone knows anything about how it actually works and how much it costs.

It is VERY dangerous, expensive and unnecessary. Most experts consider it a scam. All it does is remove the drugs from your body. (so would 3-6 days of nothing) It does nothing for the brain disease of addiction. Relapses are measured in hours not days. There was a study in the Journal of American medical Association JAMA a couple of years ago, comparing it to buprenorphine and clonidine, the study concluded it had no place in modern medical treatment for addiction. One doctor in New jersey lost his license because 7 of his patients died during or as a result of the procedure (which is carried out in an intensive care unit) Do a search and you will find the articles.

If you cannot stop without medication talk to a doctor about buprenorphine treatment. It is safe (no one in the US has died from buprenorphine) and much less expensive, but most of all allows the brain disease of addiction to be treated. Best of luck.

Jake