Heroin Detox Birmingham AL

Heroin withdrawal symptoms and side effects can be some of the most uncomfortable and unbearable an addict may experience compared to the withdrawal symptoms and side effects from other drugs.

University of Alabama at Birmingham
(205) 975-7350
1713 6th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Saint Annes Home Inc
(205) 933-2402
2772 Hanover Circle
Birmingham, AL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women

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Birmingham Healthcare
(205) 323-5311
712 25th Street North
Birmingham, AL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Bradford Health Services
(800) 293-7191
631 Beacon Parkway West
Birmingham, AL
Hotline
(205) 647-1945
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
Spanish

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Aletheia House
(205) 324-6502
201 Finley Avenue West
Birmingham, AL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Criminal justice clients

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Fellowship House Inc
(205) 933-2430
1625 12th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men, Criminal justice clients

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Department of Veterans Affairs
(205) 933-8101x6136
700 South 19th Street
Birmingham, AL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS

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Aletheia House
(205) 595-1114
4246 5th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Residential beds for clients' children, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Jefferson County Committee for Econ
(205) 787-3040
228 2nd Avenue North
Birmingham, AL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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University of Alabama at Birmingham
(205) 917-3784
401 Beacon Parkway West
Birmingham, AL
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Methadone Maintenance
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men

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Heroin Detox

Heroin detoxification is a manner of treatment provided to decrease the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms when a heroin addict quits using heroin. A heroin detox is should done with medical supervision.

Heroin detoxification should take anywhere from three to five days. The addict undergoing the heroin detox should be provided with medication to ease the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms usually associated with quitting heroin. The withdrawal symptoms or side effects from heroin include but are not limited to: dilated pupils, chills or goose bumps, runny nose, loss of appetite, panic, muscle cramps, insomnia, irritability, shaking, jitteriness, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, and watery eyes, etc.

Seek medical attention for Heroin Detox

Heroin withdrawal symptoms and side effects can be some of the most uncomfortable and unbearable an addict may experience compared to the withdrawal symptoms and side effects from other drugs. Heroin Detox is necessary for one who has become physically and psychologically dependent on heroin that may experience heroin withdrawal symptoms and side effects while quitting all at once, or even while slowly decrease their daily intake of heroin. Heroin withdrawal symptoms and side effects begin six to eight hours after the last dose is taken. Major heroin withdrawal symptoms and side effects will spike somewhere between 48 and 72 hours after the last dose of heroin was taken and will ease after about seven days. Heroin withdrawal s...

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