Editing Detoxification (section)

===Drug detoxification===
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Clinicians use drug detoxification to reduce or relieve [[Drug withdrawal|withdrawal]] symptoms while helping an addicted person adjust to living without drug use. Drug detoxification does not aim to treat addiction but rather represents an early step within long-term treatment. Detoxification may be achieved drug-free or may use medications as an aspect of treatment. Often drug detoxification and treatment will occur in a community program that lasts several months and takes place in a residential setting rather than in a medical center.

Drug detoxification varies depending on the location of treatment, but most detox centers provide treatment to avoid the symptoms of physical withdrawal from alcohol and from other drugs. Most also incorporate [[counseling]] and therapy during detox to help with the consequences of withdrawal.