Hi, Layne....thanks for jumping in with such a good topic. You're correct...rehab treatment units do not use benzo's to detox from opiates any longer. I was in treatment about 3 times many years ago...even tried Betty Ford, lol....thought I might catch a famous husband while I was at it, lol. The first time I did a 28 day program they did use Valium to help detox. However, now they will only use the Clonodine...or Catapress patch and some Bentyl for the tummy symptoms. I really haven't hear of them using Phenabarb? Although....I did have a child while on methadone and my baby used the Phenabarb to detox from the methadone....seems like 100 years ago...sigh.

I'm a little confused .....in your post you mentioned Opiates, Klonopin and alchohol. When you go into rehab....which one are you detoxing from.....or all of them?? I know and have seen people detox from benzo's......it is a much slower process and I have never heard of any professional facility having somebody just cold turkey from them???!!! They will usually wean you down.....sometimes using an anti-seizure medication in conjunction. I could be wrong....but I have never heard of a treatment center doing that, Layne...can you elaborate a little? I would think there would have to be someplace that could correctly detox you from the benzos?.......H.H.

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Actually all the treatment centers that I've been in will not use benzos to w/d from opiates, they use phenabarb and that can not touch a benzo. The problem is I take klonopin and they wont give me benzos so I can only stay the 3-5 days and by day 3 I have to have someone sneak me in a pill so I dont DIE. That's why I can never do a 28 day program. Benzo w/d is more fatal than alcohol detox and these treatment centers have their head up their a**