Benzodiazepine Addiction
Do you do a Rapid Detox for a Benzodiazepine addiction?
(Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, Ativan, etc.)
The class of drugs called benzodiazepines are typically taken for anxiety. The common names of these drugs are Xanax, Diazepam, Clonazepam, Ativan and Klonopin. These drugs are often abused and the user finds it very difficult to break the physical addiction. Some may be using very large amounts of these drugs. We realize that many people that are opiate addicted are also addicted to benzodiazepines.
Benzodiazepine addiction is very serious and withdrawal can be life threatening. We have heard of a few other anesthesia detox facilities offering a rapid detox from benzodiazepines along with the opiate anesthesia detox treatment. We do not advise inducing a rapid detox for this class of drugs. We are aware of very serious adverse effects from administering intravenously the medication that is necessary for the complete removal of these drugs in a rapid way while under going the anesthesia opiate detoxification. This is a very dangerous process. The drug used for removing the benzodiazepines from the patient's receptors should only be used in a dire 'emergency situation' such as in the case of an acute and life threatening benzodiazepine overdose.
There are many drug manufacturer warnings associated with using this drug for a benzodiazepine dependent individual. This drug should never be used as a detoxification agent for a benzodiazepine addiction and our doctors would never risk the serious side effects which could include serious anxiety, seizures, pulmonary edema, catatonic states, death, etc.
Inducing rapid detox from benzodiazepines is very disruptive and can cause severe anxiety as well as many other side effects. We feel that this is too severe for a patient to endure and this could cause a person to fail with their opiate detoxification treatment because it can closely mimic an opiate withdrawal.
The only humane and safe way to treat this addiction is to slowly wean a patient off of these drugs, with careful medical guidance, along with the use of medications to prevent complications. This weaning process could take a month or longer and can be initiated and completed once the patient returns home. We have successfully helped hundreds of patients with their addiction to these drugs.
If a patient would like to reduce or eliminate their use of these drugs we would assist them with this. We currently do not charge extra for this service and is only offered when we detox the patient for an opiate addiction. We want our patients to be as comfortable as possible and slowly weaning down in dosages is the only sensible and safe way to detox from benzodiazepines.
Call us at 1-888-825-1020 or contact us to learn more about how we can help with Benzodiazepine addiction.
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