[2][3] In medicine, detoxification can be achieved by decontamination of poison ingestion and the use of antidotes as well as techniques such as dialysis and (in a limited number of cases) chelation therapy.
Sense about Science, a UK-based charitable trust, determined that most such dietary "detox" claims lack any supporting evidence.
In conventional medicine, detoxification can also be achieved artificially by techniques such as dialysis and (in a very limited number of cases) chelation therapy.
Often drug detoxification and treatment will occur in a community program that lasts several months and takes place in a residential setting rather than in a medical center.
An animal's metabolism can produce harmful substances which it can then make less toxic through reduction, oxidation (collectively known as redox reactions), conjugation and excretion of molecules from cells or tissues.
[17][18][19] Certain approaches in alternative medicine claim to remove alleged "toxins" from the body through herbal, electrical, electromagnetic or other treatments.