There seems to be a few choices when you get right down to the actual detox from heroin and that is for those of you who have come to depend on heroin.

One of the best options by far is to find a treatment center in your vicinity. Give them a call and find out how you would pay for it by this I mean funding and so forth.

Next you will want to get checked in. If you can not afford to pay or have no insurance most treatment centers accept Medicaid.

If you happen to get checked in to the local drug rehab they will more than likely do heroin detox . This should take anywhere from 4 to 8 days. They will use prescription meds to help manage your heroin withdrawals. You might also consider eating a healthy diet during this time of detox. You might even consider some of those protein shakes for dieters that you see just to give you some nutrients.

If you choose this route to it will be to your advantage because if you attend the residential treatment setting they will also show you ways in which you can live clean without the use of drugs and get support from others.

In my opinion if you only detox from heroin you will still have a mental dependence on the drug if you want to beat this you will have to get involved with your recovery. Putting down the drug is just one symptom of addiction.

Heroin rapid detox

There are a couple new ways to detox out there today one of which is called heroin rapid detox and the other is ultra rapid detox.

Do not be confused these to sound a like but they are very different. With heroin rapid detox you are looking at a 3 to 5 day detox that will be managed with medications. Ultra rapid detox is a process where the heroin addict is under anesthesia for the entire withdrawal.

This is idea may sound to good to be true and it may very well be because there are no magic cures. With this procedure you will be detoxed entirely while you are sleeping and when you wake up it is possible you will still have some withdrawal.

It is also more expensive than alternative forms of treatment and it is potentially dangerous to be under anesthesia for so long. Some people have actually died during this procedure, so it is not necessarily a magic bullet cure for opiate addiction.  Plus, you have to realize that many people who have went through this procedure still get out and go right back to using opiates again.  It is easy to relapse after this type of detox because there is no painful memory associated with the withdrawal process.  Since it was basically painless to get detoxed, there is not much incentive to avoid opiates in the future.  On the other hand, if you go through detox and experience some painful withdrawal symptoms over several days, then you will have much more incentive to remain drug free in the future.  No pain, no gain, as they say.

One more option is to go heroin cold turkey. This is where you withdrawal without any type of medications, however, it is a very hard way to go. It would be a challenge to your mind as well as the body.

Which ever method you choose to stop using heroin just remember it takes action to remain clean and sober.