Posted by spoc on April 10, 2004, at 23:27:34
In reply to HELP! OPIATE W/D, etc., posted by Chuckie on April 10, 2004, at 0:28:36
> Anyway i'm going into the hospital on Monday, ostensibly for detox and med stabilization. I'm terrified because i've never done this before and i have no clue what to expect. >
> ANYWAY... Could someone who has been through this sort of thing, please advise me what the usual routines are? I mean is it detox torture and then medication, or they give some meds to alleviate the torture? I suffered what was probably a minor w/d episode, which was what caused me to decide i might better quit. So i have a pretty good idea of how unpleasant the real thing is gonna be.>
> But does anyone think that i can get a doctor to agree with that and prescribe me appropriate medication?>
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Ok, I was remembering an opiates-as-ADs thread I read from the archives that veered way into methadone clinics without the change being apparent in the post titles. Don't know if I've captured it anywhere in here, if so maybe towards the bottom. You'd know it because at one point someone posted a title requesting a return to the original subject. But you know how threads twist and turn and sometimes you have to click on a different thread title appearing at some point before "Posted by" to get at where the thread actually originated and all that...ANYWAY! It sounds like you have a lot of research on hand and you are also probably a good searcher. But you say you are frazzled now so here's a reminder of an obvious idea, to start at a Babble/Google search and click 'Advanced,' then toy with different ways to enter search terms. Maybe within the searches below you'll find something pertinent, I included some whole Babble/Google searches. Or look at the kinds of keywords I was entering and with your own you may get closer to descriptions of the actual *experience* of being hospitalized for detox.
Anyway sorry if all this is something you already tried, but if you are going nuts this weekend and you toy with words in searches this way, I think you'll get at exactly what you're hoping to find..Even comments and tips about finding the kind of doctor you'd like to...
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