Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Carthage, SD.

Inpatient detoxification is vital when a person is withdrawing from substance use due to the fact that withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Carthage individuals can be closely watched for withdrawal symptoms that may bring about health risks or even death in more severe instances. a person struggling with alcoholism for example may need to be watched closely and likely given certain medications which works to prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that can cause very similar symptoms, and doctors and medical staff in the inpatient detoxification facility can keep them safe.

There isn't an exact protocol for each patient in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each patient exhibits when entering the detoxification facility. A person who is otherwise in good health may go through detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much intervention, while another person may need to have comprehensive oversight and medical intervention for a couple weeks. Medical safety is of the highest concern, and also a transition to a rehab program for patients who need to go to an actual substance abuse rehabilitation center once detox is complete. Most detox facilities collaborate with drug rehab programs to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in an overall rehabilitation plan for people in recovery.

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