There are cases among alcohol addicts that decide to start an alcohol detoxification program when the body doesn’t give the same response as for a normal treatment. A protracted alcohol withdrawal syndrome occurs in many alcohol addicts where withdrawal symptoms continue beyond the acute withdrawal stage but usually at a minor level of intensity and [...]

It is amazing the fact that no matter how much you are trying to convince people that all the addictive drugs ruin their health, they keep abusing them. Alcohol and tobacco, not to mention other recreational drugs like marijuana, heroin, cocaine, even those with medical prescription, are still used by a high percent of the [...]

I am convinced that if people would know what risks they assume when they are drinking alcohol, they would never touch it. Despite of the propaganda that is made against alcohol abuse more and more people become alcohol addicted, and it is worse that a high percent of them are teenagers. Due to the fact [...]

There are a lot of forms in which the alcohol detox syndrome can manifest, from sleep disturbances and mild anxiety to very severe delirium, visual hallucinations and convulsions (which may result in death). There are various factors that influence the severity of alcohol withdrawal, factors including age, genetics and, most importantly, the degree of alcohol [...]

The definition of the alcohol detoxification, more popular detox, is the abrupt cessation of alcohol intake by individuals with alcohol dependence, coupled with the substitution of alcohol with cross-tolerant drugs that have similar effects in order to prevent alcohol withdrawal. This is usually the first step in the process of rehabilitation for alcohol addicts.
Detoxification may [...]