Number one heroin cold turkey
I would have to say that to stay home and lie around and watch TV for a week and go through heroin cold turkey by gritting your teeth and holding on for dear life is by far the most unpleasant. A lot of us do not have much of a say in this matter because we simply do not have insurance, or there is not any viable funding available. Maybe we do not have that kind of money and simply can’t afford to go to heroin treatment.
If one does choose to go this way there are several things you can do that may help you along the way that could make a difference in how you feel. A lot of addicts suffer from leg cramps and so forth, for this you can take Motrin. Another thing you may want to get is some type of diarrhea medication. One could also get some thing like Benadryl to help them sleep. I will add that all of this medication can be purchased over the counter. Other than that there is not a whole lot you can do with this type of detox.
Inpatient treatment
If you want a safe place to go through heroin withdrawal then inpatient treatment can be very helpful for easing the pain of withdrawal and helping you to get a little clean time under your belt. They do this by detoxing you in a medical part of the facility and administering medications that can help control the detox symptoms. I would have to say that this will beat the other method of heroin detox hands down but it will be expensive. If you do choose to do this put your all into it so you can stay clean and do not have to go through withdrawal again.
Some places that do this the detox from heroin takes approximately 4 or 5 days and it is done in an area where you will be very comfortable and able to lie in bed if you choose. The next step is residential treatment. There you will attend meetings and watch videos plus attend groups. Let me just add here do not get involved with any of the females. I have seen this happen time and time again patients hooking up in rehab it does not work. I know you think you are different. I was different too and I still used again because of this.Maybe this will help you in early recovery just remember that under every "skirt there is a slip." It is very important to take full advantage of this opportunity because if you don't as sure as I am sitting here writing this you will find yourself using again.
Heroin ultra rapid detox
This is the last option I will present to you today and it is very costly at this time. Insurance will not cover this procedure so you can forget that right now. It is a relatively new procedure. This is done in an outpatient facility where they will put you under and remove all the drugs from your system. When you when wake up your heroin withdrawal is complete and you probably will not remember it at all. I know this must sound too good to be true.
In my opinion it is just to easy by this I mean you don’t have to put in any effort to get clean so you will probably not be willing to put much effort into staying clean and more than likely relapse.
Good luck to all with this.
