Apparently this used quite a bit and with a good success rate in Russia. Addicts can check into rehab facilities that will put them into a coma so they can sleep through the withdrawal. It seems like a great idea imo, and i would sign up for such a thing if it existed here to fast track venlafaxine withdrawal. Unfortunately nowhere in Europe seems to do it, and while there was a Doctor in the US who did it he no longer offers the procedure. I contacted him once and i believe he cited external pressure as being one of the reasons he stopped. Why would there be such resistance to a practice like this in Europe and the US ? (lets have a few guesses)