Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Lewis, NY.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when a person is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol because there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification facility in Lewis individuals are closely monitored for withdrawal symptoms that could bring about health risks or even death in more serious cases. a person with alcoholism for example would need to be observed closely and likely administered specific prescription drugs which would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that may bring about very similar symptoms, and medical professionals in the inpatient detoxification facility can keep them safe.

There isn't an exact process for each patient in detox, because of the unique differences that each person exhibits when arriving to the detoxification facility. An individual who is basically physically and mentally healthy may go through detox for 4 or 5 days and be discharged without much intervention, while another patient may require intensive care and intervention for a couple weeks. Medical safety is of the highest concern, and also a transition to treatment for patients who should to attend an actual drug and alcohol recovery program once detoxification is finished. Most detox facilities collaborate with drug treatment facilities to make this transition possible, since detox is merely the first step in a much more comprehensive treatment plan for people in recovery.

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