Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Bethlehem, NH.

Inpatient detoxification is vital when an individual is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol due to the fact that withdrawal can be dangerous. In an inpatient detoxification setting in Bethlehem individuals can be closely monitored for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal that could bring about health risks or even death in more serious instances. Someone suffering with alcoholism for example may need to be closely monitored and likely administered specific prescription medications which works to prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that can cause very similar withdrawal effects, and nurses and doctors in an inpatient detoxification center can keep them safe.

There isn't an exact protocol for each individual in detox, because of the unique health differences that each person presents when arriving to detox. A person who is basically physically and mentally healthy may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be released without much intervention, while a different person may need intensive care and intervention for a couple weeks. Health safety is of the utmost concern, and also a transition to treatment for patients who should to go to an actual substance abuse treatment center once detox is complete. Most detoxification facilities collaborate with drug rehabilitation 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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