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Inpatient detoxification is vital when a person is withdrawing from substance use due to the fact that withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Alamosa patients are closely monitored for withdrawal symptoms that could cause health risks or even death in more serious instances. Someone struggling with alcoholism for instance would need to be watched closely and likely administered certain prescription drugs which works to prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that can cause very similar withdrawal effects, and nurses and doctors in an inpatient detoxification center will ensure their safety.
There is not an exact process for each person in detox, because of the unique health differences that each person presents when arriving to detox. A person who is basically in good health may go through detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while a different patient may need comprehensive care and intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Safety is of the highest concern, and also a transition to treatment for individuals who should to go to an actual drug and alcohol recovery facility once detoxification is finished. Many detoxification facilities collaborate with drug treatment facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in an overall recovery plan for recovering addicts.
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