Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Dorchester, MA.

Inpatient detoxification is suggested when someone is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol due to the fact that there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Dorchester patients can be closely checked for withdrawal symptoms that could bring about health risks or even death in more severe cases. Someone suffering with alcoholism for example will need to be watched closely and possibly administered certain medications that will prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that can bring about very similar symptoms, and doctors and medical staff in the inpatient detoxification center would ensure their safety.

There isn't an exact protocol for each individual in detox, because of the unique differences that each person presents when arriving to detox. Someone who is basically physically and mentally healthy may go through detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much intervention, while a different patient may require comprehensive supervision and intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Health safety is of the highest concern, as well as a transition to treatment for clients who need to take part in an actual drug and alcohol treatment program once detox is complete. Most detox facilities collaborate with drug rehab programs to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in a much more comprehensive recovery plan for people in recovery.

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