Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Heiskell, TN.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when someone is withdrawing from substance use because withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Heiskell individuals are closely observed for withdrawal symptoms that could bring about health risks or even death in more severe instances. an individual with alcoholism for example may need to be closely monitored and likely administered certain prescription drugs that would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that could cause very similar withdrawal symptoms, and nurses and doctors in the inpatient detox facility can keep them safe.

There is not an exact practice for each patient in detox, because of the unique health differences that each patient presents when entering the detoxification facility. Someone who is otherwise in good health may be in detox for 4 or 5 days and be released without much intervention, while another person may require intensive oversight and intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Medical safety is of the highest concern, as well as a transition to a rehabilitation facility for individuals who should to go to an actual drug and alcohol rehabilitation center once detox is finished. Many detoxification facilities collaborate with drug rehab programs to make this transition possible, since detoxification is merely the first step in a much more comprehensive rehabilitation plan for recovering addicts.

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