Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - St. Patrick, MO.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when a person is withdrawing from substance use due to the fact that withdrawal can be dangerous. In an inpatient detoxification facility in St. Patrick clients are closely monitored for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal which could bring about health complications or even death in more serious cases. Someone with alcoholism for instance may need to be closely monitored and likely given specific prescription medications which works to prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could bring about very similar withdrawal symptoms, and doctors and medical staff in an inpatient detoxification center can minimize health risks.

There isn't an exact practice for each individual in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each individual presents when arriving to detox. Someone who is basically in good health may be in detox for 4 or 5 days and be released without much medical intervention, while another person may require comprehensive care and intervention for a couple weeks. Health safety is of the highest concern, as well as a transition to treatment for clients who need to go to an actual drug and alcohol rehabilitation program once detoxification is finished. Most detoxification facilities work with drug rehabilitation programs to make this transition possible, since detoxification is merely the first step in an overall rehabilitation plan for recovering addicts.

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