Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Gunpowder, MD.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when a person is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol due to the fact that withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Gunpowder patients can be closely watched for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal that may cause health risks or even death in more serious cases. Someone suffering with alcoholism for instance may need to be watched closely and likely given certain prescription drugs which would prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could cause very similar withdrawal effects, and medical professionals in an inpatient detox facility will minimize health risks.

There is not an exact process for each individual in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each individual exhibits when arriving to detox. Someone who is otherwise physically and mentally healthy may undergo detox for 4 or 5 days and be released without much medical intervention, while a different person may need to have intensive care and intervention for a couple weeks. Safety is of the greatest concern, as well as a transition to treatment for individuals who should to attend an actual substance abuse rehabilitation facility once detoxification is complete. Most detoxification facilities work with drug rehabilitation facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in an overall recovery plan for recovering addicts.

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