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Inpatient detoxification is vital when a person is withdrawing from substance use due to the fact that there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Oxford patients can be closely monitored for withdrawal symptoms that may bring about health complications or even death in more serious instances. a person suffering with alcoholism for instance would need to be watched closely and likely given specific medications that works to prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that may bring about very similar withdrawal effects, and medical professionals in an inpatient detoxification facility would ensure their safety.
There isn't an exact process for each person in detox, because of the unique health differences that each person exhibits when arriving to the detoxification facility. Someone who is basically in good health may go through detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much intervention, while another person may need to have comprehensive treatment and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Safety is of the highest concern, and also a transition to treatment for patients who should to attend an actual drug and alcohol treatment program once detoxification is finished. Most detox facilities work with drug rehabilitation facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is merely the first step in a much more comprehensive recovery plan for recovering addicts.
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