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Fairly quick taper. From a stable dose of methadone, reduce by 5mg a day until you stop. From 20mg down use alpha-2-adrenergics (preferably...

If you wish to switch to buprenorphine, reduce as above (if necessary) until you hit 20 mg, then after 5 days of methadone 20mg, wait between 36...

From a stable dose of methadone, reduce by 5 mg every 5 days until you hit 20mg. Then reduce by 2.5mg every 5 days and then stop. Although adding...

Chances are you're going to resort to more conventional means. The fact that there are so many tapering strategies rather than one definitive...

The final minority detox is the rapid/ultra-rapid opiate detox; known as the Asturian method, UROD, Detox 5 or the Waissmann Method. This is in...

The latest "miracle cure" added to the pantheon is ibogaine. I have provided what I consider the most important information from what seems a...

I shall now outline a list of the more common and a couple of less common detox methods. Please bear in mind that there is no "one size fits all"...

If you have clear answers to these questions then skip this section. Otherwise, seriously addressing these issues can make a huge difference to...

In the past, substance use disorders have been considered a reflection of the sufferers’ lack of willpower (Vaughn & Perron, 2012). This...

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