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

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when someone is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol considering there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification facility in Oakland individuals are closely watched for withdrawal symptoms that may bring about health complications or even death in more serious cases. Someone suffering with alcoholism for instance may need to be closely monitored and possibly given certain prescription drugs that will prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that can cause very similar symptoms, and nurses and doctors in the inpatient detox center will ensure their safety.

There isn't an exact process for each person in detox, because of the unique differences that each person exhibits when arriving to the detoxification facility. Someone who is basically in good health may be in detox for 4 or 5 days and be released without much medical intervention, while a different patient may need intensive oversight and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Medical safety is of the utmost concern, and also a transition to a rehab program for individuals who should to go to an actual drug and alcohol rehab program once detoxification is finished. Many detoxification facilities work with drug rehabilitation facilities to make this transition possible, due to the fact that detox is merely the first step in an overall treatment plan for recovering addicts.

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