Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Craig, CO.

Inpatient detoxification is suggested when an individual is withdrawing from substance use because there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Craig patients can be closely checked for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal that could bring about health complications or even death in more serious cases. an individual suffering with alcoholism for example will need to be observed closely and probably administered certain prescription drugs which works to prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could cause very similar symptoms, and doctors and medical staff in an inpatient detox facility will keep them safe.

There is not an exact process for each individual in detox, because of the unique health differences that each individual exhibits when entering detox. An individual who is basically in good health may be in detox for 4 or 5 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while another patient may need to have comprehensive oversight and medical intervention for a couple weeks. Health safety is of the highest concern, as well as a transition to a rehabilitation facility for patients who should to go to an actual drug and alcohol recovery facility once detoxification is complete. Most detoxification facilities work with drug treatment facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is merely the first step in an overall rehabilitation plan for recovering addicts.

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