The Three Methods
Heroin causes severe and unpleasant sensations of withdrawal that will begin only hours after the drug is last taken, and withdrawal avoidance, coupled with a desire for the euphoria and pleasant sensations of the drug, make getting off heroin very tough. Unfortunately, with ever increasing quantities of the drug needed to stave off withdrawal and achieve the desired "high", dependency grows more serious the longer the drug is abused; and as such an addiction to heroin should be tackled as soon as possible.
Some people, with extraordinary willpower and social support, can detox and stay sober without professional assistance, but these people are rare and the vast majority of heroin addicts will need professional heroin treatment.
There are three disparate methods of heroin treatment. Heroin addicts may elect to undergo:
- opiate substitution therapy
- rapid detoxification
- medically supervised detoxification followed by a residential rehab program
page last update Aug 05, 2010
