Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - DHS, MD.

Inpatient detoxification is essential when a person is withdrawing from substance use because withdrawal can be dangerous. In an inpatient detoxification setting in DHS individuals are closely observed for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal which could cause health risks or even death in more severe instances. Someone with alcoholism for example may need to be observed closely and probably given certain prescription medications that would prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that may bring about very similar withdrawal symptoms, and medical professionals in an inpatient detox center would minimize health risks.

There isn't an exact practice for each client in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each patient exhibits when arriving to detox. An individual who is otherwise physically and mentally healthy may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be released without much intervention, while a different person may need to have intensive treatment and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Safety is of the highest concern, and also a transition to treatment for individuals who should to take part in an actual substance abuse treatment facility once detoxification is complete. Most detox facilities collaborate with drug treatment facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in a much more comprehensive treatment plan for people in recovery.

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