Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Bixby, OK.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when a person is withdrawing from substance use considering there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Bixby patients can be closely watched for withdrawal symptoms that could cause health complications or even death in more serious cases. an individual suffering with alcoholism for example would need to be watched closely and possibly given specific prescription medications which would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could cause very similar withdrawal symptoms, and medical professionals in an inpatient detoxification center can minimize health risks.

There is not an exact practice for each individual in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each person presents when arriving to the detoxification facility. Someone who is basically physically and mentally healthy may be in detox for 4 or 5 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while another person may need to have comprehensive treatment and intervention for a couple weeks. Safety is of the highest concern, as well as a transition to treatment for individuals who should to go to an actual substance abuse recovery facility once detoxification is complete. Many detoxification facilities collaborate with drug rehab facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in an overall treatment plan for people in recovery.

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