Founded by holistic health specialist Lyle Murphy, Alternative To Meds Center delivers individualized, evidence-based mental health and addiction treatment programs. In addition to wellness services and inpatient treatments, Alternative To Meds Center offers medical tapering based the healthiest practices for managing medication withdrawal.
Unlike rapid detox treatments, tapering reduces a client’s medical intake slowly, which allows the body to adapt. When done under the supervision of qualified experts, tapering can reduce or eliminate the effects of withdrawal, particularly for drugs like opiates with addictive properties.
The center examines each client’s specific circumstances to determine the best course of action for medical reduction. The most effective tapering method differs based upon a medication’s half-life (the amount of time it takes for half a dose to metabolize in the body) or the intensity of a drug’s withdrawal symptoms. Dosages may be reduced or substituted with a similar drug with a longer half-life. Tapering is often combined with counseling and other alternative therapies.
