Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Eldersburg, MD.

Inpatient detoxification is suggested when an individual is withdrawing from substance use considering there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Eldersburg individuals can be closely checked for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal which may bring about health risks or even death in more severe cases. Someone with alcoholism for example will need to be watched closely and possibly administered certain prescription drugs which will prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that can cause very similar withdrawal effects, and medical professionals in an inpatient detoxification facility would keep them safe.

There is not an exact practice for each individual in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each patient presents when arriving to the detoxification facility. A person who is otherwise in good health may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while another person may need comprehensive care and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Health safety is of the utmost concern, as well as a transition to a rehabilitation facility for individuals who need to go to an actual drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility once detoxification is finished. Most detox facilities work with drug rehabilitation facilities to make this transition possible, due to the fact that detox is only the first step in an overall rehabilitation plan for recovering addicts.

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