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Inpatient detoxification is essential when an individual is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol due to the fact that withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification facility in Augusta individuals are closely monitored for withdrawal symptoms which could cause health complications or even death in more severe cases. Someone suffering with alcoholism for instance will need to be closely monitored and possibly given certain medications that works to prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that can cause very similar withdrawal symptoms, and nurses and doctors in the inpatient detox center can ensure their safety.
There is not an exact process for each person in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each person exhibits when arriving to detox. Someone who is otherwise in good health may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be released without much intervention, while another patient may require intensive oversight and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Safety is of the utmost concern, as well as a transition to treatment for patients who should to go to an actual substance abuse recovery center once detox is complete. Most detox facilities work with drug rehabilitation programs to make this transition possible, due to the fact that detoxification is only the first step in a much more comprehensive recovery plan for people in recovery.
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