Drug Detoxification

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Drug Detoxification

Detoxification or detox is the term use to remove harmful and poisonous substances from individual. The individual can be any living organism. The process is principally carried out by the liver. Harmful substances that cause life threatening dangers are important to remove from the body. The best way to do this is by the process of detoxification. In detoxification, antidote of the harmful substance is injected intravenously. This antidote sometime mimics the effect of the harmful substance on the body, and sometime throws them out of the body. The detoxification is followed by withdrawal period. In this period the patient suffers from physical as well as mental changes. These are tough to bear but


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