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Inpatient detoxification is suggested when an individual is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol due to the fact that withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification facility in Star Harbor patients are closely observed for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal which could bring about health risks or even death in more serious instances. an individual with alcoholism for example would need to be closely monitored and likely administered specific prescription medications which would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that can cause very similar symptoms, and medical professionals in the inpatient detox facility will keep them safe.
There isn't an exact practice for each individual in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each person presents when arriving to the detoxification facility. A person who is otherwise physically and mentally healthy may go through detox for 4 or 5 days and be released without much intervention, while a different patient may need intensive treatment and intervention for a couple weeks. Health safety is of the highest concern, as well as a transition to a rehab program for clients who should to go to an actual substance abuse treatment facility once detox is finished. Most detox facilities collaborate with drug rehabilitation programs to make this transition possible, due to the fact that detoxification is only the first step in an overall recovery plan for recovering addicts.
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