| What does alcohol detox consist of? Well basically | | | | addicted to alcohol will have a violent withdrawal in |
| what happens is that you take the alcoholic and put | | | | which their body shakes uncontrollably and they start |
| them under medical supervision for a few days while | | | | hallucinating. At this point they are also at a high risk for |
| giving them medications. The medication you give to | | | | seizures so many times the doctors watching over |
| them is used to prevent seizures and shaking while | | | | them will order more medications to try and prevent |
| they are going through alcohol withdrawal. There are | | | | this from happening. In extreme cases people who go |
| actually a number of different medications that can be | | | | through alcohol withdrawal have died from it. |
| used for this and there are some advantages and | | | | Most drunk people do not realize the danger of going |
| disadvantages to each one. For example, in some | | | | without alcohol when their body is seriously addicted to |
| cases, addictive medications are used to detox | | | | it, so it is important to encourage treatment if someone |
| alcoholics, but in other cases a rehab center might use | | | | is thinking about quitting drinking. Medical supervision is |
| non-addictive medication instead. It really is up to the | | | | almost always the best idea because there is this |
| doctor who oversees the facility, and of course there | | | | danger of complications during the withdrawal. The |
| are different theories and opinions regarding which is | | | | majority of people will not have these problems but |
| the best route to go. | | | | those who do will require serious medical attention. |
| In most cases there will not be any problems while | | | | Alcohol withdrawal is a life threatening condition so be |
| detoxing someone from alcohol and things will go | | | | sure to take it seriously if someone is shaking due to a |
| smoothly. But in rare cases people who are severely | | | | lack of alcohol in their system. |