Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Altoona, WI.

Inpatient detoxification is suggested when an individual is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol because withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Altoona patients are closely checked for withdrawal symptoms that may bring about health risks or even death in more serious instances. a person with alcoholism for instance may need to be closely monitored and likely given specific prescription drugs that works to prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could bring about very similar withdrawal symptoms, and doctors and medical staff in the inpatient detoxification facility can keep them safe.

There isn't an exact protocol for each person in detox, because of the unique health differences that each patient exhibits when arriving to the detoxification facility. A person who is basically physically and mentally healthy may go through detox for 4 or 5 days and be released without much medical intervention, while a different person may need intensive care and medical intervention for a couple weeks. Health safety is of the highest concern, and also a transition to a rehab program for clients who should to take part in an actual substance abuse rehab center once detox is complete. Most detox facilities collaborate with drug treatment programs to make this transition possible, due to the fact that detoxification is only the first step in an overall recovery plan for people in recovery.

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