Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Meeker, CO.

Inpatient detoxification is vital when a person is withdrawing from substance use because withdrawal can be dangerous. In an inpatient detoxification setting in Meeker clients are closely monitored for withdrawal symptoms that may cause health risks or even death in more serious cases. Someone suffering with alcoholism for example will need to be closely monitored and probably given specific prescription medications which works to prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that may cause very similar withdrawal effects, and medical professionals in the inpatient detox facility can ensure their safety.

There is not an exact practice for each patient in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each individual presents when arriving to the detoxification facility. A person who is otherwise physically and mentally healthy may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while a different person may need comprehensive supervision and medical intervention for a couple weeks. Safety is of the greatest concern, as well as a transition to a rehabilitation facility for patients who should to take part in an actual substance abuse recovery program once detoxification is finished. Most detoxification facilities collaborate with drug rehab facilities to make this transition possible, due to the fact that detoxification is merely the first step in an overall rehabilitation plan for recovering addicts.

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