Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Fairfield, CT.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when an individual is withdrawing from substance use considering withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Fairfield clients can be closely monitored for withdrawal symptoms that may cause health complications or even death in more severe cases. a person with alcoholism for example will need to be closely monitored and possibly administered specific medications that works to prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could cause very similar symptoms, and medical professionals in an inpatient detox facility will minimize health risks.

There is not an exact protocol for each individual in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each individual presents when entering the detoxification facility. Someone who is otherwise in good health may undergo detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while a different patient may need to have comprehensive treatment and intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Health safety is of the utmost concern, and also a transition to a rehabilitation facility for clients who should to attend an actual drug and alcohol rehabilitation program once detoxification is finished. Many detoxification facilities collaborate with drug treatment facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in a much more comprehensive rehabilitation plan for recovering addicts.

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