Medical detox is about meeting your most pressing needs, including ones not related to withdrawal or drug dependence. Active addiction can lead a person to a variety of medical issues and complications, and it’s common for people to enter treatment programs with injuries and infectious diseases.But it’s also possible for you to enter addiction treatment with medical conditions that predates your substance use disorder altogether. In some cases, conditions such as chronic pain can be an underlying cause for the development of a substance use issue.For treatment to be effective, all of your biggest needs should be taken into account, and any medical concerns should be treated. At California Highlands, we follow Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, which considers basic needs, like physiological needs and safety, to be critically important. When you enter detox, those needs will be met first, even if that involves a medical condition that’s not related to addiction.