| The addiction to any drug should be treated by | | | | tolerate the withdrawal symptoms and prefers to go |
| understanding the nature of illness and the response | | | | back to addiction. |
| of the patient. We should not treat the addiction like | | | | -The next aim is to strengthen the mental and |
| a disease by following a fixed protocol but by having | | | | emotional disturbances. This can be achieved by |
| an individual approach. The cocaine drug has such a | | | | combined effort of relatives, physician, psychiatrist |
| strong hold on the addict that it requires powerful | | | | and colleagues. Some people respond well to group |
| tools for its annihilation. The cocaine addiction can be | | | | counseling and discussions as they feel relieved to |
| curbed easily if the person comes in the initial stage. | | | | vent their frustration and gain solace by sharing |
| In such cases treatment can be initiated at home | | | | experiences. This method is followed at rehabilitation |
| with the help of medical personnel. | | | | centre where patients are confined to prevent them |
| Since the drug affects the physical, emotional and | | | | from reverting to old habit of addiction. |
| mental faculty of the body, the task of curing the | | | | -The help of psychiatrist is sought when the addict |
| patient requires a systematic approach. The following | | | | has undergone lot of psychologically inflicted injuries |
| steps are to be taken to treat the addict. | | | | like sexual abuse, bereavement from loved one etc. |
| -The physical symptoms produced during the course | | | | In such people one to one counseling is done on a |
| of addiction make the person dependent on drugs. | | | | regular basis. The thought process is primarily |
| The cocaine detoxification process with the help of | | | | affected in case of drug addiction. Hence our prime |
| the licensed medical personnel must be conducted at | | | | goal is to change the pattern of thinking of addicted |
| the earliest. This procedure requires medication to | | | | person. The counseling of family simultaneously should |
| counter the physical illness produced by the drug | | | | be undertaken to prevent the aggravation of |
| abuse. Initially there is exhibition of withdrawal | | | | problem once the addict returns home. |
| symptoms, but to tide over the problem the addict | | | | -Hospitalization may be required for some addicts |
| should be strong willed. | | | | who have developed the complication of cocaine |
| Sudden withdrawal from caffeinated drinks is usually | | | | addiction like HIV or are suffering from grave |
| not advisable for people who are addicted for a | | | | symptoms of addiction like cardiac and respiratory |
| considerable length of time. Such individuals should | | | | failure. |
| resort to gradual tapering from addiction under the | | | | -The adjuvant methods like exercise, meditation, |
| supervision of both physician and psychiatrist. The | | | | music therapy and diet charting help a lot of addicts |
| role of psychiatrist is important because a person | | | | to keep the addiction at bay after the treatment has |
| who is neck deep into addiction finds it difficult to | | | | been completed. |