Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Ashwood, OR.

Inpatient detoxification is vital when a person is withdrawing from substance use because there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Ashwood individuals are closely checked for withdrawal symptoms that may bring about health complications or even death in more severe instances. an individual struggling with alcoholism for instance would need to be observed closely and likely administered specific prescription drugs which would prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that can cause very similar symptoms, and doctors and medical staff in an inpatient detoxification center would ensure their safety.

There is not an exact practice for each individual in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each patient presents when arriving to the detoxification facility. A person who is otherwise in good health may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while another patient may need to have intensive supervision and intervention for a couple weeks. Health safety is of the highest concern, as well as a transition to a rehabilitation facility for clients who should to go to an actual substance abuse treatment program once detoxification is finished. Most detox facilities collaborate with drug treatment programs to make this transition possible, since detox is only the first step in an overall treatment plan for recovering addicts.

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