eli5 why can you not just go into a medically-induced coma to avoid the symptoms of withdrawal?
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If you’re talking about alcohol withdrawal, sometimes they will depending on how severe it is.
Usually for withdrawals, they’ll treat it with medications first. If that fails and the patient is having uncontrollable seizures, then they will sedate the patient until the withdrawal window is passed.
However, most of the time withdrawals can be managed with drugs. It sucks for the patient, but they’re not trying to make the withdrawal period pleasant. They’re trying to keep patients alive during that time.
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