Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Kittery, ME.

Inpatient detoxification is suggested when a person is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol due to the fact that there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification facility in Kittery individuals can be closely monitored for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal which may bring about health complications or even death in more severe cases. Someone suffering with alcoholism for instance would need to be closely monitored and likely given certain medications which will prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could bring about very similar symptoms, and nurses and doctors in the inpatient detox center can keep them safe.

There is not an exact process for each client in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each patient exhibits when entering detox. An individual who is basically in good health may go through detox for 4 or 5 days and be released without much medical intervention, while another person may need to have comprehensive treatment and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Safety is of the greatest concern, as well as a transition to treatment for patients who should to go to an actual drug and alcohol rehabilitation program once detox is complete. Many detox facilities work with drug rehabilitation facilities to make this transition possible, due to the fact that detoxification is only the first step in a much more comprehensive treatment plan for recovering addicts.

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