Outpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Oronoco, MN.

If a person is receiving outpatient detox they travel to the center helping them through detoxification every day or at minimum five days a week in most situations. Outpatient detoxification is either delivered in the daytime or evening, which makes it ideal for someone who needs to keep a regular school or work schedule. Certain programs may also provide ways to participate in treatment in either normal outpatient or outpatient day treatment, to improve detox services and help prevent a relapse.

A standard amount of time people remain in outpatient detox is approximately a week. Some programs use medically assisted detoxification methods while others provide drug free detox treatement. There are times when medications are needed to prevent life-threatening withdrawal problems, like with alcohol and benzodiazepine medications where seizures are sometimes a problem. Otherwise, staff at the center help people handle their physical, emotional and psychological symptoms of cravings and withdrawal until they are safely detoxified and balanced.

While outpatient detox in Oronoco is more flexible for obvious reasons, a serious disadvantage is that people are at a greater risk of falling back into addiction due to the access they maintain to drugs and alcohol. Ideally, people will transition into a log-term or short-term recovery program to address the causes of their addiction once outpatient or inpatient detoxification is complete.

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