Why in drug rehab, do doctors use drugs to kick the addiction? How does it work?
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They don’t use drugs to make a person not be addicted. It sounds like what you’re talking about is a detox. That’s where doctors supervise someone who is coming off drugs they are addicted to and help manage the side effects of the withdrawal. When you take certain drugs for long enough your body adapts to the effects they have and stopping the drug means your system is all out of balance suddenly. That leads to side effects like nausea, pain, anxiety, and many others. In the detox stage doctors can use drugs to manage the side effects so the person can through the withdrawal period (which only lasts a few days). Some withdrawals can be fatal, so doctors are just doing what they can to help the person get through it. The rest of the rehabilitation process is done with therapy, not drugs.
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