Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Agency, IA.

Inpatient detoxification is suggested when an individual is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol considering withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Agency clients are closely observed for withdrawal symptoms that may bring about health risks or even death in more severe cases. Someone with alcoholism for example may need to be closely monitored and possibly given specific prescription drugs which will prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that may cause very similar symptoms, and nurses and doctors in the inpatient detoxification facility can ensure their safety.

There is not an exact practice for each person in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each person presents when arriving to the detoxification facility. A person who is basically in good health may be in detox for 4 or 5 days and be discharged without much intervention, while a different person may need comprehensive supervision and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Safety is of the utmost concern, as well as a transition to treatment for clients who should to attend an actual drug and alcohol treatment program once detoxification is finished. Most detox facilities collaborate with drug treatment facilities to make this transition possible, due to the fact that detox is only the first step in a much more comprehensive recovery plan for people in recovery.

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