Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Gridley, IL.

Inpatient detoxification is suggested when an individual is withdrawing from substance use because there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Gridley patients can be closely monitored for withdrawal symptoms which may cause health complications or even death in more severe cases. Someone struggling with alcoholism for example may need to be closely monitored and possibly administered specific prescription drugs which will prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that can bring about very similar withdrawal symptoms, and nurses and doctors in an inpatient detoxification center can minimize health risks.

There is not an exact practice for each person in detox, because of the unique health differences that each person exhibits when entering detox. A person who is basically physically and mentally healthy may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be released without much medical intervention, while another patient may require intensive oversight and medical intervention for a couple weeks. Health safety is of the utmost concern, as well as a transition to treatment for clients who should to take part in an actual substance abuse treatment center once detoxification is complete. Most detoxification facilities collaborate with drug treatment facilities to make this transition possible, since detox is only the first step in an overall recovery plan for people in recovery.

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