Cocaine Detox

Individuals suffering from Cocaine Addiction account for roughly 15% of all admissions into United Kingdom-based drug rehabilitation centres. Cocaine addiction is a major social problem in modern-day Britain.

Similar to addiction to heroin and alcohol, addiction to cocaine causes chemical changes in the brain. Therefore treatment for cocaine addiction must include a thorough programme of detoxification and subsequent behavioural therapies in order to be successful.

To remove cocaine abuse from your life completely, you must first face the challenging cocaine detox phase. Many addicts delay battling their addiction because they know how hard a drug detox can be.

When patients are undergoing a cocaine detox, they’re likely to suffer from many physical and mental side effects. It’s important that when you attempt to go ‘cold turkey’, you do so at one of our world-class treatment centres.

This way you’ll have all of the medical supervision you need and won’t be putting yourself in danger. You’ll also have the best chance of finally overcoming your addiction with our supervision.

The battle ahead is a demanding one, but it’s one that you can win. Our team at Ocean Recovery have years of experience in helping patients through the supervised detox phase. When you arrive at our addiction centre you’ll be given time to settle into your new luxurious surroundings.

You’ll spend time with doctors and nurses who will explain the full detox process to you. When you’re ready, you’ll face the detox with our helping hand, and come clean with no drugs in your system, ready to begin your rehabilitation. Let’s have a look at what’s involved in a cocaine detox.

How Cocaine Addiction Works

Cocaine is classed as a stimulant and is produced from the raw leaves of the cocoa plant. Cocaine has a number of ‘street names’ such as ‘candy’, ‘Charlie’ and ‘snort’. Cocaine is either snorted or injected.

Cocaine releases ‘dopamine’ in the brain and blocks dopamine re-uptake. Therefore more cocaine is required to avoid intense feels of depression and anxiety due to a lack of dopamine. Users ‘crash’ when cocaine is withdrawn. Cocaine user feels highly lethargic up to several days after cocaine was consumed.

The Cocaine Detox Process

Before your cocaine rehabilitation programme begins our admissions officer will guide you through assessment. A note of your medical history is taken. This information is used to draw up your personalised cocaine rehabilitation plan.

Once you are admitted into our rehabilitation centre you receive a 24-hour a day medically supervised detoxification programme. Cocaine-related withdrawal symptoms are closely monitored by our medical team.

Once an addict decides to battle their illness, they cannot avoid the detoxification process. The detox stage involves safely removing the drug from an addict’s body, minimising the impact of the withdrawal. With a clear mind and without the effects of the drug in their system, patients are then ready to begin the next stage of recovery.

Cocaine withdrawal is not as dangerous as the withdrawal process of substances like heroin or alcohol. However, it isn’t without its dangers. Let’s have a closer look at the three well-identified stages of cocaine detox.

Stage 2 – Cocaine Withdrawal Symptoms

After the initial crash, the reality of life without cocaine begins. The symptoms of cocaine detox are much more distinguished during the Withdrawal Stage, and can include the following:

• Tiredness and lethargy
• Anxiety and paranoia
• Further depression
• Inability to sleep and unusual sleeping patterns
• Intense cravings for cocaine
• Mood swings
• Anger
• Agitation
• Anger
• Suicidal thoughts

Medications are offered during detoxification in order to ease withdrawal symptoms. You receive many nutritious meals throughout the day. Vitamin and mineral supplements are supplied.

The Withdrawal Process is also an important stage and is done under medical supervision with Ocean Recovery.

What Happens After Detoxification?

Once your condition stabilises during detoxification you join therapy and counselling sessions. Sessions ensure psychological components of addiction are tackled. Therapy sessions are conducted on a one-to-one basis with our psychologist or in small groups.

Cocaine Treatment Here at Ocean Recovery

The comedown from cocaine is a steep one and can quickly take users into a dark depression. Often, people that are addicted to cocaine won’t realise that their comedown is part of the initial stages of withdrawal. They can suffer from suicidal thoughts which they aren’t prepared to handle.

It’s extremely important that anybody going through a cocaine detox does so in the hands of our trusted professionals at Ocean Recovery Centre. Our highly trained staff will be with you every step of the way, and can help you get your life back.

Once you’ve completed your detox, you’ll take part in group therapy sessions and workshops. We make sure that you have an increased appetite as part of a balanced and healthy diet, as there are often physical symptoms of cocaine abuse.

You’ll exercise regularly, benefit from holistic treatments, take part in behavioural therapies and learn from former addicts in friendly support groups. You’ll leave our rehab clinic with all the tools you need to leave your addiction behind. For many patients, it’s a second chance that they never thought they would get.

Call our team today on 01253 847 553 or text HELP to 83222 today to find out more about our treatment facilities. You’re closer to a healthier life than you might believe.