I did detox my daughter at home off of heroin.BUT we went to ER first..she needed fluids, antibiotics,blood pressure meds, and anti naseua meds. My experience wasn't too bad, but she was very sick.I think the meds did help alot. ALso, her attitude was one of complete surrender and we didn't get any lashing out.From what I can discern she was pretty stoic. This does not appear to be the case in most situations. We TRIED to get her into a detox, but nothing was available. She detoxed 3 days at home and went straight to rehab.Definately wasn't my first choice, but it worked out for us.