Outpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Lanham, MD.

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

An average time individuals remain in outpatient detox is about seven days. A number of programs use medically assisted detox approaches while others provide drug free detox treatement. There are times when medications are needed to prevent life-threatening withdrawal symptoms, as is the case with alcohol and benzodiazepine medications where seizures are at times a problem. Otherwise, staff at the program help people manage their physical, emotional and psychological symptoms of withdrawal and cravings until they are detoxified and stabilized.

While outpatient detox in Lanham is more flexible for apparent reasons, a very serious disadvantage is that people are at a greater chance of falling back into addiction due to the access they maintain to alcohol and drugs. Ideally, individuals will transition into a log-term or short-term recovery facility to deal with the causes of their addiction once outpatient or inpatient detox is complete.

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