Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Metcalfe, MS.

Inpatient detoxification is essential when a person is withdrawing from substance use due to the fact that there may be risks involved. In an inpatient detoxification setting in Metcalfe clients are closely checked for withdrawal symptoms which may cause health risks or even death in more serious cases. an individual struggling with alcoholism for instance would need to be watched closely and probably administered specific prescription drugs which will prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that may cause very similar withdrawal effects, and nurses and doctors in the inpatient detoxification center can minimize health risks.

There isn't an exact process for each patient in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each person exhibits when arriving to detox. Someone who is basically physically and mentally healthy may be in detox for 4 or 5 days and be released without much medical intervention, while a different patient may need to have intensive oversight and medical intervention for a couple weeks. Health safety is of the utmost concern, and also a transition to treatment for patients who need to attend an actual drug and alcohol rehab program once detoxification is finished. Most detoxification facilities work with drug treatment facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is merely the first step in a much more comprehensive rehabilitation plan for recovering addicts.

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