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

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when an individual is withdrawing from substance use because withdrawal can be dangerous. In an inpatient detoxification setting in Shaw patients can be closely monitored for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal which may bring about health complications or even death in more serious instances. a person with alcoholism for instance will need to be closely monitored and possibly given specific prescription drugs that will prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that may cause very similar symptoms, and nurses and doctors in an inpatient detox facility would minimize health risks.

There is not an exact process for each individual in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each person presents when arriving to detox. An individual who is basically in good health may go through detox for 4 or 5 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while another patient may need to have comprehensive treatment and intervention for a couple weeks. Health safety is of the highest concern, and also a transition to treatment for individuals who should to take part in an actual drug and alcohol treatment program once detoxification is finished. Most detoxification facilities work with drug rehab facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in an overall recovery plan for people in recovery.

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