Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Substance Abuse
Son has asked to go to detox
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 712787" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Hi Colleen</p><p></p><p>I am thrilled for you that your son has been accepted for the detox program. Before I read your post I copied this (below) from the internet. For purposes of information only here is an article comparing inpatient supervised detox with medically supervised outpatient detox for opioid addicts.</p><p></p><p>Medically supervised outpatient detox does exist and it is no less safe than inpatient detox. I worked in prisons many years. The necessity to detox from drugs is a constant in reception centers and prisons. It is doable outside of a program. Sometimes there is no other option. Ideally there are physician specialists in addiction medicine. But any competent physician who is willing can supervise detox.</p><p></p><p><em>A medically supervised outpatient opiate detox, like the inpatient version, is supervised by a medical professional where medication is used over a determined period of time to move the client from a physical addiction to opiates through a taper of medication to an opiate-free life. This is done on an outpatient basis, where the client comes to see the doctor, is assessed and then a plan is determined to use medication to slowly get the client off their physical dependency to narcotics. The downside to an outpatient opiate detox is the client is not monitored 24/7 by staff. This constant monitoring does not make the detox any less safe, as it has been determined that an opiate detox easily can be medically done on an outpatient or ambulatory level of care.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 712787, member: 18958"] Hi Colleen I am thrilled for you that your son has been accepted for the detox program. Before I read your post I copied this (below) from the internet. For purposes of information only here is an article comparing inpatient supervised detox with medically supervised outpatient detox for opioid addicts. Medically supervised outpatient detox does exist and it is no less safe than inpatient detox. I worked in prisons many years. The necessity to detox from drugs is a constant in reception centers and prisons. It is doable outside of a program. Sometimes there is no other option. Ideally there are physician specialists in addiction medicine. But any competent physician who is willing can supervise detox. [I]A medically supervised outpatient opiate detox, like the inpatient version, is supervised by a medical professional where medication is used over a determined period of time to move the client from a physical addiction to opiates through a taper of medication to an opiate-free life. This is done on an outpatient basis, where the client comes to see the doctor, is assessed and then a plan is determined to use medication to slowly get the client off their physical dependency to narcotics. The downside to an outpatient opiate detox is the client is not monitored 24/7 by staff. This constant monitoring does not make the detox any less safe, as it has been determined that an opiate detox easily can be medically done on an outpatient or ambulatory level of care.[/I] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Substance Abuse
Son has asked to go to detox
Top