Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Chestnut Hill, MA.

Inpatient detoxification is vital when someone is withdrawing from substance use considering withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Chestnut Hill individuals are closely monitored for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal that may cause health risks or even death in more severe cases. Someone suffering with alcoholism for instance would need to be observed closely and likely administered certain prescription medications that will prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that could cause very similar withdrawal effects, and nurses and doctors in an inpatient detox center would minimize health risks.

There is not an exact practice for each individual in detox, because of the unique differences that each patient exhibits when arriving to the detoxification facility. An individual who is otherwise in good health may be in detox for 4 or 5 days and be released without much intervention, while another patient may need to have intensive oversight and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Medical safety is of the highest concern, and also a transition to a rehabilitation facility for individuals who need to go to an actual substance abuse rehab center once detox is complete. Most detox facilities work with drug rehab programs to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in an overall rehabilitation plan for people in recovery.

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