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Inpatient detoxification is vital when someone is withdrawing from substance use due to the fact that withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Talmage individuals can be closely monitored for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal that could bring about health complications or even death in more serious cases. Someone suffering with alcoholism for example would need to be closely monitored and possibly administered specific medications which will prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could cause very similar withdrawal effects, and doctors and medical staff in an inpatient detox facility would minimize health risks.
There is not an exact protocol for each patient in detox, because of the unique differences that each individual presents when arriving to 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 a different patient may require intensive oversight and intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Medical safety is of the greatest concern, and also a transition to a rehabilitation facility for patients who should to go to an actual drug and alcohol treatment program once detox is finished. Most detox facilities collaborate with drug rehabilitation programs to make this transition possible, since detox is only the first step in an overall treatment plan for recovering addicts.
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