Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Garfield Heights, OH.

Inpatient detoxification is suggested when someone is withdrawing from substance use because there may be risks involved. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Garfield Heights clients can be closely monitored for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal that could cause health risks or even death in more serious instances. Someone with alcoholism for instance may need to be observed closely and possibly given certain prescription medications which works to prevent seizures and delirium tremens. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that may bring about very similar withdrawal symptoms, and doctors and medical staff in an inpatient detox facility can ensure their safety.

There is not an exact process for each client in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each individual exhibits when arriving to the detoxification facility. Someone who is otherwise physically and mentally healthy may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be discharged without much medical intervention, while another person may need comprehensive care and medical intervention for a couple weeks. Medical safety is of the highest concern, as well as a transition to treatment for clients who should to attend an actual substance abuse recovery program once detox is complete. Many detoxification facilities collaborate with drug rehabilitation facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in an overall treatment plan for recovering addicts.

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