Poppy Tea Withdrawal

Withdrawing from an opiate can be tough to manage without help, causing many people to keep using or to relapse.

It’s a stage of addiction that keeps many people from seeking help. Withdrawing from an opiate can be tough to manage without help, causing many people to keep using or to relapse. The process can take weeks or months and typically causes symptoms including strong drug cravings, extreme agitation, nausea and body pain. Waismann Method offers rapid opiate detox that manages withdrawal to ensure a safe, comfortable transition to recovery. Withdrawal is the process that sets in once patients attempt to detox from a physical addiction to poppy tea. This homemade concoction is brewed from the pods or seeds of the opium poppy plant and is often used for pain relief. It is also used recreationally and abused by some who wish to catch a high off its euphoric side effects. Physical addiction can set in quickly with regular use, often after a tolerance has been established. This means the body becomes used to the opiates and requires increasingly larger doses to experience effects.

The Length and Severity of Poppy Tea Withdrawal Can Depend on Many Factors

Withdrawal typically sets in within a few hours after last use. The length and severity can depend on factors including how long the addiction was present, whether the drug was used in large doses and how large the last dose taken was. Each individual patient may experience different symptoms. They can include: strong drug cravings that don’t subside unless more of the drug is consumed, diarrhea, serious gastrointestinal upset, agitation, headaches, insomnia, vomiting, leg pain and stomachaches. These symptoms may pass in a week or two, but some can persist for much longer, including drug cravings. Poppy tea withdrawal can be intense but doesn’t have to mean that patients will suffer a long, painful or degrading transition to recovery. Waismann Method offers a hospital-based detox that can manage withdrawal and provide patients a safe, humane, comfortable and worry-free experience.

Accelerated Withdrawal Occurs While Patients Are Lightly Sedated

Patients check into a hospital in southern California for medical tests to evaluate any possibly underlying health issues. The detox takes less than two hours and uses intravenous medication administered while patients sleep lightly under deep sedation. This medication cleanses the opiates in poppy tea from patients’ opiate receptors. This eliminates physical addiction and patients awaken a short time later without the conscious awareness they experienced an accelerated withdrawal. The procedure speeds up this process so that most symptoms develop and pass before they awaken. This allows them to move forward in recovery without pain and discomfort and lessens the chances they will experience an opiate relapse. Most patients stay for 3 to 6 days, which is a much shorter commitment than most poppy tea treatment facilities. They can then return home or continue recovery in our Domus Retreat aftercare facility. Here, patients can take advantage of holistic and therapeutic treatments to address psychological dependence. This helps promote long-term recovery and offers continued support.

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