 ...detoxification under the anaesthetic?In 1996, De Hoop has conducted an experiment with detoxification under anaesthetic. In order to be able to participate in this experiment, six people stayed in an English private clinic during a specific period of time. One year after the experiment, five out of these six people were still free from addiction. In principle, De Hoop supports detoxification under anaesthetic because it could provide hope to the so-called hopeless cases.However, it should be brought to mind that physically kicking the habit is in fact just a minor aspect of the whole healing process. People will not really change unless their lives take a radical turn. That is why detoxification under anaesthetic can never be a sufficient treatment on its own but has to be part of a more extensive treatment programme. Furthermore, it should be very accurately determined which group of addicts could benefit from this method. Detoxification under anaesthetic has the advantage that clients who have kicked the habit no longer experience craving, experience less psychological stress and the advantage that kicking the habit is completely painless. Clients do feel sick for about two days after waking up from the anaesthetic. In this case, they often suffer from diarrhoea and insomnia. Currently, several other experiments are being conducted in The Netherlands in order to measure the effectiveness of detoxification under anaesthetic. |
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