Over The Counter Medicine Detox
Can You Quit Over The Counter Medicine Cold Turkey?
It is not recommended to quit over the counter medicines cold turkey. Stopping these medications cold-turkey may intensify the symptoms and make it difficult for you to cope. Medical intervention can help you to detox from OTC drugs and get you back to feeling like yourself once again.
Types of OTC Medicines include:
Cough syrup, pain killers, sleep aids, diet pills, allergy medicine
OTC Medicine Withdrawal Symptoms

While addictions don’t often occur with OTC drugs, it is possible to become dependent with prolonged abuse. If you are experiencing withdrawal symptoms in between doses, this may be a sign that an addiction has taken hold.
Some of the symptoms of OTC medicine withdrawal can include:
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Detoxing Off OTC Medicines
Stages Of Detox
At Peaks Recovery, our medical detox stages can look like this:

Therapy After Our Colorado Drug & Alcohol Detox Center
Detoxing from drugs and alcohol is the first step toward recovery. However, the evidence is clear that the longer a person distances themselves from their last use of drugs and alcohol, the greater chance of recovery. At Peaks Recovery Centers, the next step in our recovery process is transitioning into our residential inpatient rehab.
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