Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Athens, TN.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when someone is withdrawing from substance use due to the fact that withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Athens patients can be closely monitored for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal that could bring about health risks or even death in more severe cases. Someone struggling with alcoholism for instance would need to be observed closely and probably administered specific prescription medications which would prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that can bring about very similar symptoms, and medical professionals in an inpatient detox facility will keep them safe.

There is not an exact protocol for each client in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each patient presents when entering the detoxification facility. A person who is otherwise physically and mentally healthy may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be released without much medical intervention, while another patient may need to have comprehensive oversight and medical intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Safety is of the utmost concern, and also a transition to treatment for patients who should to attend an actual drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility once detoxification is finished. Most detoxification facilities collaborate with drug treatment facilities to make this transition possible, due to the fact that detox is only the first step in an overall treatment plan for recovering addicts.

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