Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Benton, IL.

Inpatient detoxification is vital when someone is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol because there may be risks involved. In an inpatient detoxification facility in Benton individuals are closely checked for withdrawal symptoms that may bring about health risks or even death in more severe instances. Someone with alcoholism for instance will need to be observed closely and probably given specific medications that would prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could cause very similar withdrawal symptoms, and nurses and doctors in the inpatient detoxification center would ensure their safety.

There isn't an exact practice for each individual in detox, because of the unique differences that each individual exhibits when entering detox. An individual who is otherwise in good health may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while another patient may need intensive care and intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Safety is of the utmost concern, as well as a transition to a rehabilitation facility for patients who should to take part in an actual substance abuse rehab program once detoxification is finished. Many detoxification facilities work with drug treatment facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in an overall treatment plan for recovering addicts.

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