Assessment
Before a plan is agreed
Medication lists, original indications, previous taper attempts and co-occurring pain, anxiety or trauma are reviewed before any reduction is considered.
Prescription medication
Private treatment for prescription medication dependency
Dependence can begin in a consulting room. Sleeping tablets, benzodiazepines and pain medicines may have been prescribed for a real problem, then become difficult to stop.
Understanding
What this often looks like in real life
People often feel ashamed that a prescribed medicine has become the centre of the day. They may still be working, parenting, and appearing composed.
Dependence can begin in a consulting room. Sleeping tablets, benzodiazepines and pain medicines may have been prescribed for a real problem, then become difficult to stop.
Signs families notice
- Needing more of the same medicine for the same effect
- Anxiety or insomnia when a dose is missed
- Using leftover or additional prescriptions
- Mixing with alcohol
- Fear of medical appointments or running out
Treatment
How the work is held
A medically supervised plan, psychological support, and attention to the sleep, pain or anxiety that the medicine was originally asked to hold.
Journey
From first call to aftercare
Nothing is stopped because of a website. Reduction, if appropriate, is planned, monitored and supported in a licensed setting.
Why residential
A contained setting, when outpatient care is not enough
Why residential
Distance from usual triggers, 24-hour clinical cover where needed, and a daily rhythm that does not ask a depleted person to recover in the same environment that exhausted them.
Why Les Mariannes
Care is physician-led, one-to-one by default, and small enough that a stay is not a corridor of group timetables. Complementary therapies sit inside a medical plan.
Why Mauritius
Mauritius is not read as a public rehab destination. Distance from usual triggers, a stable island setting, and a hilltop centre in Congomah give international families privacy without theatre.
Dr Siddick
A clinical perspective
Prescription dependence is still dependence. It deserves the same seriousness as any other substance, without humiliation.
This is not a slogan. It is how assessment is done here: listen first, then decide whether a residential stay is even the right next step.
Families
The first call can come from someone who loves them
The first conversation may be with a spouse, parent, adult child, sibling, friend or doctor. You do not need the person to complete a form before you ask for guidance.
7-14 days
Assessment and reset
A short residential period to assess, stabilise and interrupt a pattern. Useful when outpatient care is not enough and a longer stay is not yet clear.
21-28 days
Core recovery
Enough time for medical review, a body of individual therapy, sleep restoration and a first aftercare plan. This is a typical core period, not a product.
4+ weeks
Deeper work
When trauma, dual diagnosis or long-standing dependence need more than a month. Length is a clinical recommendation after assessment.
These ranges are guidance for families, not packages. Nothing is priced or promised before a confidential clinical conversation.
Questions
Frequently asked
Do you treat Prescription medication at Les Mariannes?
Dependence can begin in a consulting room. Sleeping tablets, benzodiazepines and pain medicines may have been prescribed for a real problem, then become difficult to stop. Suitability for residential care is decided after a confidential clinical conversation, not from a website list.
Is detoxification always required?
No. Some people need medically supervised withdrawal. Others begin psychological work without it. That decision is clinical.
How long would a stay be?
Length of stay is decided after assessment. Typical guidance is a short reset of one to two weeks, a core period of three to four weeks, or longer work. Nothing is sold as a fixed package.
Can a family member make the first call?
The first conversation may be with a spouse, parent, adult child, sibling, friend or doctor. You do not need the person to complete a form before you ask for guidance.
Do you guarantee an outcome or publish a success rate?
No. We do not promise a cure, and we do not publish unverified success rates. Recovery is individual work, held in a licensed setting.
Why Mauritius, rather than a well-known rehab destination?
Mauritius is not read as a public rehab destination. Distance from usual triggers, a stable island setting, and a hilltop centre in Congomah give international families privacy without theatre.
Related
Other pages in this pathway
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Read moreDrugs
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Read moreCannabis
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Read moreCocaine and stimulants
Stimulant use can sit beside a demanding career. Binges, crash, sleep collapse and impulsivity often arrive together, even when public performance still holds.
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Speak confidentially
Whether you are exploring care for yourself or for someone you love, the first step is a private discussion. There is no obligation, and nothing is priced before that conversation.