Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - West Chicago, IL.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when someone is withdrawing from substance use because withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in West Chicago patients can be closely monitored for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal which may bring about health complications or even death in more serious cases. a person with alcoholism for example would need to be watched closely and probably given specific prescription medications that would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that may bring about very similar symptoms, and doctors and medical staff in the inpatient detoxification facility would ensure their safety.

There is not an exact process for each person in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each patient exhibits when arriving to detox. Someone who is basically in good health may go through detox for 3 or 4 days and be released without much intervention, while another patient may need to have intensive treatment and medical intervention for a couple weeks. Safety is of the highest concern, as well as a transition to a rehabilitation facility for individuals who should to attend an actual drug and alcohol rehabilitation program once detoxification is finished. Many detoxification facilities collaborate with drug rehabilitation programs to make this transition possible, since detox is only the first step in an overall treatment plan for recovering addicts.

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