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What is Rapid Detox? How Can It Be Done More Safely?
by
Thomas Yee, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor University of Nevada School of Medicine
Medical Director Las VegasRapid Detox Medical ClinicTel. (702)308-6353
DrThomasYee@gmail.com 
What is Opioid Withdrawal?
The withdrawal syndrome is what holds people back from quittingaddiction to narcotics or opioids.It is not that a person addicted to Oxy-Contin or Heroin not desiring alife without opioid drugs, rather it is the painful withdrawal syndromethat makes them so apprehensive they refrain from trying.The syndrome resembles an extremely severe case of the flu, anduncontrollable tearing, nasal discharge, yawning, sneezing, anorexia,lack of appetite, nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, diarrhea, itch,and aches. For patients who are debilitated or dehydrated, there couldbe serious complications.
What is Rapid Detox?
Traditionally, without the help of any medications to temper the effectof opioid withdrawal, patients go through an extremely difficult 5 to 6days of withdrawal when they try to quit narcotics “cold-turkey” fashion.The extreme discomfort prompts most patients to give up before thecan quit the addiction. By some definition, “oral medication rapiddetox” is a 3 to 5 day course treatment using primarily pills, such asClonidine and Naltrexone.Patients still experience significant opioid withdrawal. Ultra RapidDetox, also known as Rapid Detox, actually is a one day treatment
 
where patients receive intravenous naloxone medication under deepsedation or general anesthesia.Essentially, Rapid Detox concentrates 6 days of narcotic withdrawalinto 10 hours. The discomfort would be too great for an awake patientto bear, thus the general anesthesia.The advantage is that patients wake up from the anesthesia and theNaloxone intravenous infusion, with most of the physical component of the addiction eliminated.
Possible complications for the true Rapid Detox or UltraRapid Detox:
Rapid heart rate, hypertension, diarrhea, aspiration, pulmonary edema,and post-procedure feeling of exhaustion lasting 7 to 10 days.
Prevention of complications related to Rapid Detox:
In order to prevent the complications related to rapid detox, it isimperative that the procedure be performed by a board-certifiedanesthesiologist with more than 10 year experience in giving generalanesthesia to patients with multiple medical problems. Also the doctorshould have more than 10 year experience in pain management withknowledge of narcotic medications and their effects.
Treatment of post rapid detox exhaustion:
Intra-muscular injection of vitamin B12 and other B vitamin wouldoffer a longer term effect in reducing the subjective feeling of exhaustion. Vitamin B and C complex pills, taken 3 times a day, arealso recommended. Further, Green Tea Extract pills are recommendedto patients. In addition, daily exercise, hot-shower, hot-bath, richmeals are highly recommended for the 2 weeks following rapid detox.
Conclusion:
Rapid Detox (Ultra Rapid Detox) can be performed with high degree of safety if it were conducted by physicians who are board certified inboth anesthesiology and pain medicine with more than 10 year of experience in each. The complications are related to general
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khmk2064

Thank you very much Ryan

reply01 / 30 / 2009
wehonews

beware this doctor, who does not pay his bills. he owes WeHo News $5,000 - and we have information that he owes many others much, much more. take the doctor's solvency into account before using his services. There are other, respectable doctors besides Dr. Thomas Yee who offer the same services as this deadbeat. Ryan Gierach, WeHo News - 323.650.2879

reply01 / 28 / 2009
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