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human
ELI5: When someone is going through drug withdrawal, why don't we put them under during the initial peak of symptoms?
gpt
This can be done for opiate withdrawal; its called rapid detox. The patient is sedated and, depending on the specific procedure, will be out of the hospital in 2-4 days.

There are reasons why people do not take this route though:

* Its very expensive

* It is a specialized treatment i.e. not a lot of hospitals do this procedure. 

* There is some health risk involved.