Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Speculator, NY.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when a person is withdrawing from substance use considering withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Speculator clients can be closely observed for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal that may bring about health complications or even death in more serious instances. an individual suffering with alcoholism for example may need to be watched closely and possibly given specific prescription drugs which would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could bring about very similar withdrawal symptoms, and nurses and doctors in the inpatient detoxification facility will keep them safe.

There isn't an exact protocol for each individual in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each patient exhibits when arriving to detox. An individual who is otherwise in good health may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while a different person may need comprehensive supervision and intervention for a couple weeks. Safety is of the highest concern, as well as a transition to a rehabilitation facility for patients who need to attend an actual substance abuse recovery center once detoxification is complete. Most detoxification facilities work with drug treatment facilities to make this transition possible, due to the fact that detoxification is only the first step in an overall treatment plan for recovering addicts.

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