Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Union City, CA.

Inpatient detoxification is essential when someone is withdrawing from substance use considering there may be risks involved. In an inpatient detoxification setting in Union City patients are closely checked for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal which may bring about health complications or even death in more serious instances. Someone with alcoholism for instance would need to be closely monitored and possibly administered specific prescription medications which would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could cause very similar withdrawal effects, and doctors and medical staff in the inpatient detoxification center will ensure their safety.

There isn't an exact practice for each person in detox, because of the unique differences that each person presents when arriving to the detoxification facility. A person who is otherwise physically and mentally healthy may go through detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much intervention, while a different person may need intensive supervision and intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Health safety is of the utmost concern, and also a transition to treatment for individuals who should to go to an actual drug and alcohol recovery program once detoxification is complete. Many detox facilities work with drug rehabilitation facilities to make this transition possible, since detox is merely the first step in an overall recovery plan for people in recovery.

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