Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - New Freedom, PA.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when an individual is withdrawing from substance use due to the fact that there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in New Freedom patients can be closely observed for withdrawal symptoms that may bring about health complications or even death in more serious cases. Someone with alcoholism for instance would need to be observed closely and possibly given specific prescription medications which would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could bring about very similar withdrawal effects, and medical professionals in the inpatient detoxification center would keep them safe.

There isn't an exact protocol for each patient in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each patient presents when entering the detoxification facility. An individual who is otherwise physically and mentally healthy may be in detox for 4 or 5 days and be released without much intervention, while another person may require comprehensive supervision and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Health safety is of the utmost concern, and also a transition to treatment for patients who should to attend an actual drug and alcohol rehab center once detoxification is complete. Many detoxification facilities collaborate with drug treatment facilities to make this transition possible, since detox is merely the first step in an overall treatment plan for people in recovery.

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