Inpatient Detoxification - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Cummaquid, MA.

Inpatient detoxification is recommended when a person is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol because there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification facility in Cummaquid patients can be closely watched for withdrawal symptoms that may cause health risks or even death in more severe instances. Someone suffering with alcoholism for example will need to be observed closely and probably given certain prescription medications which works to prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another example that could cause very similar withdrawal symptoms, and nurses and doctors in an inpatient detox center would keep them safe.

There isn't an exact protocol for each individual in detox, because of the unique health differences that each patient exhibits when entering detox. Someone who is basically in good health may be in detox for 4 or 5 days and be discharged without much intervention, while a different person may require comprehensive oversight and medical intervention for a couple weeks. Medical safety is of the highest concern, and also a transition to treatment for clients who should to attend an actual substance abuse treatment facility once detoxification is complete. Most detoxification facilities collaborate with drug rehab programs to make this transition possible, since detox is only the first step in an overall rehabilitation plan for people in recovery.

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