Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Townsend, VA.

Inpatient detoxification is essential when someone is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol because withdrawal can be dangerous. In an inpatient detoxification facility in Townsend individuals are closely watched for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal that may cause health risks or even death in more serious cases. Someone with alcoholism for instance will need to be closely monitored and likely administered certain prescription drugs that would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that can bring about very similar withdrawal symptoms, and medical professionals in the inpatient detox center will keep them safe.

There is not an exact practice for each patient in detox, because of the unique differences that each person exhibits when entering detox. A person who is otherwise in good health may go through detox for 4 or 5 days and be released without much medical 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 utmost concern, and also a transition to a rehabilitation facility for clients who need to go to an actual substance abuse recovery facility once detoxification is finished. Most detox facilities collaborate with drug rehabilitation programs to make this transition possible, since detoxification is merely the first step in an overall rehabilitation plan for people in recovery.

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