Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Cape Canaveral, FL.

Inpatient detoxification is suggested when a person is withdrawing from substance use because there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Cape Canaveral patients are closely watched for withdrawal symptoms that could cause health risks or even death in more severe instances. a person suffering with alcoholism for example would need to be closely monitored and likely given certain prescription drugs that will prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that could cause very similar withdrawal effects, and doctors and medical staff in an inpatient detox center can keep them safe.

There is not an exact protocol for each patient in detox, because of the unique differences that each patient presents when entering the detoxification facility. Someone who is otherwise in good health may go through detox for 3 or 4 days and be released without much medical intervention, while another patient may need to have comprehensive supervision and medical intervention for a couple weeks. Medical safety is of the utmost concern, and also a transition to treatment for clients who should to go to an actual drug and alcohol recovery program once detoxification is finished. Many detoxification facilities collaborate with drug rehabilitation facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in an overall rehabilitation plan for recovering addicts.

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