Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Whitehorse, SD.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when an individual is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol due to the fact that withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Whitehorse patients can be closely monitored for withdrawal symptoms that may cause health risks or even death in more severe instances. Someone struggling with alcoholism for example would need to be watched closely and probably given certain medications that would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that may bring about very similar symptoms, and medical professionals in an inpatient detoxification center would ensure their safety.

There isn't an exact practice for each patient in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each individual presents when entering the detoxification facility. A person who is otherwise in good health may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be released without much medical intervention, while a different person may need to have intensive care and intervention for a couple weeks. Health safety is of the utmost concern, as well as a transition to a rehabilitation facility for clients who need to go to an actual substance abuse rehabilitation center once detox is finished. Many detox facilities work with drug treatment programs to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in an overall rehabilitation plan for recovering addicts.

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