Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - St. Helena Island, SC.

Inpatient detoxification is suggested when a person is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol because there may be risks involved. In an inpatient detoxification setting in St. Helena Island patients can be closely observed for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal which could bring about health complications or even death in more severe cases. a person with alcoholism for instance would need to be closely monitored and possibly administered certain prescription drugs which would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that can bring about very similar withdrawal symptoms, and doctors and medical staff in the inpatient detoxification facility would keep them safe.

There isn't an exact practice for each individual in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each individual presents when entering detox. An individual who is otherwise in good health may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much intervention, while a different patient may require comprehensive supervision and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Health safety is of the highest concern, as well as a transition to a rehabilitation facility for clients who need to go to an actual drug and alcohol recovery facility once detoxification is finished. Many detoxification facilities collaborate with drug rehab facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in a much more comprehensive rehabilitation plan for people in recovery.

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