Cocaine Detox FAQ

What is a Cocaine Detox?

Cocaine detox programs have a single focus: to help you break your physical dependence upon cocaine with a minimum of negative physical withdrawal symptoms that would otherwise characterize the experience at home or without medical supervision. Some facilities provide detox services only, while others offer them in combination with cocaine addiction treatment. Still others focus on helping you detox off of stimulants specifically, though these are rare; most detox facilities focus either on opiate-based drugs like heroin or prescription painkillers or alcohol unless they offer detox services for the gamut of drugs of addiction.

What Cocaine Withdrawal Symptoms Accompany Cocaine Detox?

There are a number of withdrawal symptoms that you will begin to experience within a couple of hours of your last line or hit of cocaine if you are addicted and try to stop taking the drug. A runny nose and nose bleeds are not uncommon as are headaches, irritability, sweating and insomnia. Bone and muscle aches may begin a few hours into the detox and the other symptoms will increase in severity until the crescendo and then plateau and remain for weeks at a time.

Is Cocaine Detox Purely Physical?

No. Cocaine detox definitely has significant physical withdrawal symptoms as described above, but the experience is not purely physical. Part of the appeal of cocaine is its high, a euphoric feeling that occurs when a large amount of “happy” chemicals are released in the brain all at once. Unfortunately, rather than being reabsorbed into the system and made available for reuse as they would if they had been released by natural causes, they stay depleted for a longer time resulting in a deep depression when you ‘crash’ or stop the forced release of those chemicals by taking more cocaine. These emotional and mental withdrawal symptoms associated with cocaine detox can be the most lethal if they are strong enough to make you feel suicidal.

Is Cocaine Detox Enough to Treat My Addiction to Cocaine?

No. Cocaine detox is enough to help you break your physical dependence upon the drug so that you are no longer experience the withdrawal symptoms or feel sick without using. However, it does not treat the mental and emotional reasons that may have started you using in the first place, nor does it provide you with the tools you will need to thwart relapse when you feel tempted to get high when you return home—and you will feel tempted. Drug addictionhas no cure, but drug addiction treatment is available. Detox is part of that treatment but it is incomplete unless followed up by drug rehab.

Cocaine Detox at Orchid Recovery Center

Orchid Recovery Center provides a cocaine rehab for women who are struggling with cocaine addiction. Our cocaine rehab is safe and efficient, providing a cocaine detox that is immediately followed up by cocaine addiction treatment. If your loved one is addicted to cocaine and you need help staging a cocaine intervention, we can help you by answering your questions or providing a professional interventionist. If you have any questions about our cocaine detox or cocaine rehab, contact us at Orchid Recovery Center today for more information.