Detoxification (disambiguation)
Detoxification is the physiological or medicinal removal of toxic substances from a living organism, including the human body.
Detoxification, detoxication or detox may also refer to:
Medicine and science
- Alcohol detoxification, medical treatment for alcohol dependence through the abrupt cessation
- Drug detoxification, any of various treatments for drug abuse or overdose
- Heavy metal detoxification, removal of toxic heavy metals from the body
- Chelation therapy, a form of heavy metal detoxification involving the administration of chelating agents
- Drug metabolism, the process of metabolising and excreting a toxic substance into frp, a biological organism
- Environmental remediation, removal of pollutants from the environment
- Detoxification (alternative medicine), unscientific treatments purported to remove unspecified "toxins" from the body
Technology
- Digital detox is a period of time when an individual refrains from using electronic connecting devices such as smartphones and computers.
Popular culture
- Detox, the working title for Dr. Dre's album Compton
- Detox (Treble Charger album), a 2002 album released by Treble Charger
- "Detox" (song), a 2008 song by punk rock band Millencolin
- "Detox", a song released in 1997 by Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad
- "Detox" (House), a 2005 episode of the medical drama House
- Detox, an American drag queen best known for competing on the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars
See also
- D-Tox, a 2002 American psychological thriller horror film directed by Jim Gillespie and starring Sylvester Stallone.
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