Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Brooklyn, MD.

Inpatient detoxification is essential when a person is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol because withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification facility in Brooklyn individuals are closely monitored for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal which may cause health risks or even death in more severe cases. a person suffering with alcoholism for instance may need to be closely monitored and probably administered specific medications that would prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that can cause very similar symptoms, and nurses and doctors in an inpatient detox center can minimize health risks.

There is not an exact practice for each patient in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each patient exhibits when entering the detoxification facility. An individual who is otherwise physically and mentally healthy may go through detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while another patient may need to have comprehensive care and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Safety is of the utmost concern, and also a transition to a rehab program for individuals who should to attend an actual substance abuse treatment facility once detox is finished. Most detoxification facilities collaborate with drug rehabilitation facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is merely the first step in a much more comprehensive treatment plan for recovering addicts.

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