Outpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Decorah, IA.

If a person is receiving outpatient detoxification they must go to the facility assisting them through detoxification daily or at least 5 days per week in most cases. Outpatient detoxification is either done in the evening or daytime, which makes it ideal for someone who needs to keep a normal work or school schedule. Certain facilities also offer ways to participate in detox treatment in a choice of normal outpatient or outpatient day treatment, to augment detoxification services and help prevent a relapse.

A standard amount of time clients remain in outpatient detoxification is approximately 7 days. A number of facilities use medically assisted detoxification approaches while others offer drug free detox treatement. There are times when meds are needed to prevent life threatening withdrawal symptoms, like with alcohol and benzodiazepine medications where seizures are at times a problem. Otherwise, staff at the center help clients manage their physical, emotional and psychological symptoms of withdrawal and cravings until they are safely detoxified and stabilized.

While outpatient detoxification in Decorah is more flexible for obvious reasons, a serious drawback is that clients are at a greater chance of relapse due to the access they maintain to alcohol and drugs. Ideally, clients will then go into a full rehabilitation program to address the reasons for their addiction once outpatient or inpatient detox is finished.

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