Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Klamath, CA.

Inpatient detoxification is suggested when a person is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol because withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification facility in Klamath patients are closely monitored for withdrawal symptoms which could cause health complications or even death in more severe cases. Someone with alcoholism for example would need to be closely monitored and possibly administered specific prescription drugs that works to prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could cause very similar withdrawal symptoms, and nurses and doctors in an inpatient detox facility can keep them safe.

There is not an exact process for each individual in detox, because of the unique differences that each individual presents when arriving to the detoxification facility. Someone who is basically in good health may go through detox for 3 or 4 days and be released without much intervention, while another patient may require comprehensive supervision and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Safety is of the utmost concern, and also a transition to treatment for patients who should to attend an actual drug and alcohol treatment facility once detox is finished. Many detox facilities work with drug rehab programs to make this transition possible, due to the fact that detoxification is merely the first step in an overall treatment plan for people in recovery.

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