eli5 why can you not just go into a medically-induced coma to avoid the symptoms of withdrawal?
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I’m by no means an expert but I’m certain a lot of drugs have physical withdrawal symptoms that can be potentially life threatening to a conscious patient. Them being in a medically induced coma could potentially worsen those effects and make it more dangerous. Medically induced comas are not something that doctors choose lightly, the patient often requires ventilation so they can breath and it hugely lowers blood pressure and heart rate which can be fatal for some patients.
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