Inpatient detoxification is suggested when someone is withdrawing from drugs or alcohol because withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Dunseith patients can be closely watched for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal that may cause health complications or even death in more serious instances. Someone with alcoholism for example would need to be closely monitored and possibly given certain prescription medications which would prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that may cause very similar withdrawal symptoms, and medical professionals in the inpatient detox facility will keep them safe.
There is not an exact practice for each individual in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each patient exhibits when arriving to detox. An individual who is basically in good health may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be released without much medical intervention, while a different person may need intensive supervision and medical intervention for a couple weeks. Medical safety is of the greatest concern, and also a transition to a rehabilitation facility for patients who should to take part in an actual substance abuse treatment facility once detoxification is finished. Most detoxification facilities work with drug rehab facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in an overall recovery plan for recovering addicts.
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