Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Pulaski, MS.

Inpatient detoxification is vital when someone is withdrawing from substance use due to the fact that there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Pulaski patients can be closely watched for withdrawal symptoms that could cause health risks or even death in more serious instances. a person suffering with alcoholism for instance would need to be observed closely and likely given certain prescription medications that will prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that can cause very similar symptoms, and doctors and medical staff in the inpatient detox facility will ensure their safety.

There is not an exact protocol for each individual in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each person exhibits when entering the detoxification facility. Someone who is basically physically and mentally healthy may go through detox for 3 or 4 days and be released without much intervention, while another patient may require intensive care and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Health safety is of the highest concern, as well as a transition to treatment for patients who should to go to an actual substance abuse rehabilitation center once detox is finished. Most detoxification facilities collaborate with drug rehab facilities to make this transition possible, due to the fact that detox is only the first step in an overall recovery plan for recovering addicts.

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