Benzo Detox in MA
Benzodiazepine withdrawals can be a harrowing, life-threatening experience. Mayflower’s benzo detox in MA offers a safer, more reliable way to overcome addiction.
While the opioid epidemic is often the primary focus of drug advocacy organizations, there’s also been a growing crisis of benzo abuse in MA. Benzodiazepine and the family of legal and illicit drugs that are related to it can treat insomnia, anxiety, and stress. Some people use them with legal prescriptions, while others use them illegally to self-medicate for these problems. Additionally, many people use them recreationally. What all three of these groups have in common is that they’re each susceptible to benzo addiction, which can often prove fatal due to overdose and withdrawal complications. If you or a loved one are struggling with benzo addiction in MA, you should urgently consider our benzo detox program in MA.
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Addiction to prescription drugs is a life-threatening condition. Withdrawal symptoms can be deadly. Rehab provides a safe place for prescription drug detox in MA.
Anytime that a patient uses prescription medication in a way not prescribed by a doctor, it’s drug abuse. If you or a loved one are suffering from addiction to a prescription drug, know that you are not alone. In 2019, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimated that almost 1.5 million adults suffered from pain reliever abuse disorder. Painkillers, stimulants, and sedatives are the most abused substances besides marijuana and alcohol. An estimated 52 million people have taken prescription drugs for a nonmedical reason at least once. Prescription drugs are a scientific miracle, designed to make patients’ lives easier. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean that they don’t also cause harm. The perception that any drug prescribed by a medical professional is always safe to use, even incorrectly, perpetuates the cycle of abuse. Though they are legal, it does not make them any less addictive.
Benzo Detox and Residential Rehab in MA
Benzo addiction in MA is on the rise because recent years have put many people in extremely stressful, painful situations. People have lost jobs, their homes, and loved ones in a way they never could have prepared for. In an unbearable situation like this, it’s easier than ever to fall into any temporary escape from reality. Thanks to their sedative qualities, benzos are a common escape. However, rising addiction rates and fatalities also correspond to the increasing frequency of benzo prescriptions since the 90s.
How People Become Addicted to Benzos
Numerous common prescription drugs such as Xanax and Klonopin are benzos. It’s often the case that a person with an anxiety or stress disorder such as PTSD receives them legally, through a prescription. However, prescribed use over a sufficiently long time can still produce addiction even when a person does nothing that anyone would consider wrong. There are four common legal benzodiazepines, which are:
- Diazepam
- Quazepam
- Alprazolam
- Estazolam
Withdrawal Symptoms of Benzos
As is the case with many drugs, benzo withdrawal symptoms are often the opposite of what the drug induces. In mild cases, a person may experience the return of the original psychological symptoms that drove them to use benzos. However, higher and more sustained benzo usage can result in nausea, diarrhea, seizures, and other more serious symptoms. Depending on the type of benzo the person was using, withdrawals might start in a few days or a few hours. From here, withdrawal symptoms peak in severity after two weeks but may persist for more than a month.
Are Benzo Withdrawals Dangerous
While most withdrawals aren’t life-threatening, benzo withdrawals have the potential to be fatal. While the odds of this are small, withdrawals are still dangerous due to the threat that a person can pose to themselves. There’s a psychological risk due to the extreme anxiety that might result, as well as the possibility that the person could return to drug abuse to escape their withdrawal symptoms.
Additionally, unchecked withdrawal symptoms increase the risk of long-term cravings and negative consequences from addiction. The solution to all of these problems lies at Mayflower Benzo Detox in MA and our medically assisted benzo detox program in MA. By remaining under medical supervision and receiving the proper care, the risks of fatal complications, a return to drug abuse during detox, and long-term post-withdrawal symptoms all become lower or nonexistent.
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Mayflower Benzo Detox and Residential Rehab in MA Can Help
Mayflower Benzo Detox in MA is a state-of-the-art rehab with a beautiful facility, first-class care providers, a smooth intake process, and a great referral network. We focus on inpatient care, during which our patients live at our facility and receive steady care and supervision. While the center of our treatment is rehab and medically assisted benzo detox in MA, we recognize that addiction isn’t a purely clinical problem. Addiction tends to flow from other problems and traumas that a person feels the need to escape from. While a patient is with us, we do all we can to help them begin sorting through these problems and equip them with the long-term support resources they’ll need upon leaving.
Medically Assisted Benzo Detox in MA
Medically assisted benzo detox in MA is a spin on inpatient rehab care that involves providing controlled doses of legal versions of drugs. We gradually reduce the dose throughout the treatment process, which eases the shock to the brain and enables it to return to normal function more slowly. This is an evidence-based method to improve success rates, reduce post-withdrawal symptoms, and help people return to an independent, drug-free life.
An Emphasis on Patient Experience
Mayflower Benzo Detox in MA pays attention to detail when it comes to making this difficult period as manageable as possible for our patients. Our facility is well-furnished, accessible, and includes common areas and opportunities to talk with others in recovery.
Quality Referrals
At Mayflower Detox in MA, we focus on providing the best possible Massachusetts benzo detox care. However, the struggle against addiction doesn’t end the day the drug leaves your system. When a patient leaves our care, we provide them with excellent referrals for post-addiction care, social resources, and psychiatric help. In doing so, we hope to continue aiding recovery even when we’re no longer involved in a patient’s journey.
Mayflower Detox is dedicated to helping people break their addictions through our benzo detox services. Our care shines through from the compassionate intake process to the carefully crafted post-detox referral network we’ve built. Contact us today if you want to learn more about benzo addiction and drug rehab in MA or need help getting clean.
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