Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Herkimer, NY.

Inpatient detoxification is vital when a person is withdrawing from substance use considering there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Herkimer individuals are closely observed for withdrawal symptoms that could cause health complications or even death in more serious instances. Someone with alcoholism for example would need to be observed closely and possibly given certain prescription medications that would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that may cause very similar withdrawal effects, and nurses and doctors in an inpatient detoxification facility can keep them safe.

There is not an exact protocol for each patient in detox, because of the unique health differences that each patient exhibits when entering detox. Someone who is otherwise physically and mentally healthy may be in detox for 4 or 5 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while another person may require comprehensive oversight and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Medical safety is of the utmost concern, and also a transition to a rehabilitation facility for clients who should to go to an actual substance abuse treatment facility once detox is finished. Most detoxification facilities collaborate with drug rehabilitation programs to make this transition possible, since detox is merely the first step in an overall recovery plan for recovering addicts.

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