Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Rancho Santa Margarita, CA.

Inpatient detoxification is suggested when an individual is withdrawing from substance use because there may be risks involved. In an inpatient detoxification facility in Rancho Santa Margarita patients are closely monitored for withdrawal symptoms which could bring about health risks or even death in more serious instances. a person with alcoholism for example would need to be observed closely and possibly administered certain prescription medications that would prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that can cause very similar withdrawal effects, and nurses and doctors in an inpatient detoxification facility will minimize health risks.

There isn't an exact practice for each individual in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each patient exhibits when entering the detoxification facility. Someone who is basically in good health may undergo detox for 4 or 5 days and be released without much intervention, while a different patient may need comprehensive treatment and intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Medical safety is of the utmost concern, as well as a transition to a rehabilitation facility for patients who should to go to an actual substance abuse rehabilitation program once detoxification is finished. Most detox facilities work with drug treatment programs to make this transition possible, due to the fact that detoxification is only the first step in a much more comprehensive treatment plan for recovering addicts.

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