What
is URD? Ultra-Rapid Detoxification (URD)
is a technique that was pioneered in the 1980s to help people
detoxify from opiates. Because older detoxification techniques
were painful and usually unsuccessful, URD was developed.
URD involves putting patients under
general anesthesia and giving them Naltrexone to flush all
of the opiates off the brain receptors. It is always successful
but it is a major shock to the patients’ system. Patients
usually feel absolutely terrible after the procedure and there
are some risks involved. Approximately 1/500 to 1/1000 patients
die after the procedure and the exact cause of death is unknown.
There are a number of centers around the world who still perform
URD and in a supervised setting with experienced personnel
and it seems to be a reasonable procedure where the risks
are outweighed by the benefits.
Why
do you no longer perform URD? The Coleman Institute performed over
300 URD procedures in a hospital and had no major complications.
However because of the risks involved, the patients discomfort
level and the high cost, we developed a new technique that
would be just as successful and yet avoid the problems of
URD. We have now performed over 300 Accelerated Detoxification’s
and find the technique is vastly superior to our experience
with URD.
Why
is the Accelerated Detox Technique so much better than URD? Our Accelerated Detoxification procedure
stabilizes the patients for 2-3 days before the opiates are
flushed off the brain receptors. This allows the patients’
body to adjust much more comfortably and the risks are much
lower. We avoid general anesthesia, which is dangerous and
has side effects. We don’t need inpatient care, which
helps to lower costs. Nevertheless we have the same success
rate; over 99% of our patients have completed their detoxification
and have started on Naltrexone therapy. Any patients who have
had a URD and have tried our newer Accelerated Detoxification
technique have reported that the newer technique is greatly
superior.
The Accelerated Detox Technique is equally
as successful as URD but it is safer, easier on the patient,
and is more affordable. Click to read more on the Accelerated
Detox Technique.
