Sample Treatments
Below are some example treatment protocols that may be used. They are intended only as an example as each client will be treated individually.
Our goal in supporting everyone withdrawing from any substance is to help the client maintain a reasonable level of comfort while remaining medically stable. It is important that we help care for the entire mind, body, and spirit during this process.
During the time a person has been using drugs or alcohol, neurotransmitters in the brain have been altered due to the use of substances. As addiction professionals we work with you to help find the best way to restore the chemical balance of the brain and body and maximize your recovery effort.
Each substance and each person will require a different protocol of medicines in conjunction with herbal treatment, acupuncture and psychotherapy to complete this process. We will consider the use of antidepressant medications, anti anxiety medications, anti nausea drugs, sleep aids, and possibly beta blockers, which all play important roles in restoring proper brain chemistry and helping you to feel comfortable.
The following is a guideline or and outline and is intended as an example only. Each client will be treated based on the symptoms they present at the time of intake, and any complaints they may have along the way.
Alcohol
- Benzodiazepines
- Zofran
- Phenergan
- Beta blockers
- Trazadone
- Campral
Marijuana
- Trazadone
- Sauna treatment
- Cardiac exercise
Opiates
- Benzodiazepines
- Clonidine
- Trazadone
- Small amount of the perpetrating drug to taper off.
- Phenergan
- Zofran
Benzodiazepines
- Trazadone
- Small amount of the perpetrating drug
- Zofran
- Phenergan