Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Union Center, SD.

Inpatient detoxification is suggested when someone is withdrawing from substance use considering there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Union Center individuals are closely observed for withdrawal symptoms which may cause health complications or even death in more serious cases. Someone suffering with alcoholism for instance would need to be closely monitored and possibly given certain prescription medications that works to prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that may cause very similar withdrawal symptoms, and doctors and medical staff in the inpatient detox facility will minimize health risks.

There is not an exact practice for each patient in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each person presents when arriving to detox. An individual who is otherwise physically and mentally healthy may go through detox for 4 or 5 days and be released without much medical intervention, while another person may require comprehensive treatment and intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Medical safety is of the utmost concern, as well as a transition to a rehab program for individuals who need to go to an actual substance abuse recovery center once detox is finished. Many detox facilities collaborate with drug rehabilitation facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is merely the first step in an overall rehabilitation plan for people in recovery.

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