Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Richmond, KY.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when a person is withdrawing from substance use because withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Richmond individuals can be closely monitored for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal which could cause health complications or even death in more severe instances. a person struggling with alcoholism for instance may need to be closely monitored and possibly given certain prescription medications that will prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that may bring about very similar withdrawal symptoms, and nurses and doctors in an inpatient detox center can ensure their safety.

There is not an exact practice for each client in detoxification, because of the unique differences that each person exhibits when arriving to the detoxification facility. A person who is otherwise in good health may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while a different person may need to have intensive treatment 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 rehab center once detox is complete. Most detoxification facilities collaborate with drug treatment programs to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in an overall rehabilitation plan for recovering addicts.

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