Inpatient Detoxification - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Sutton, WV.

Inpatient detoxification is vital when a person is withdrawing from substance use due to the fact that withdrawal can be dangerous. While in an inpatient detoxification setting in Sutton patients can be closely monitored for symptoms of drug or alcohol withdrawal which could cause health complications or even death in more severe instances. Someone suffering with alcoholism for instance may need to be watched closely and possibly administered specific prescription medications that would prevent delirium tremens and seizures. Prescription benzodiazepine withdrawal is another type of drug that could cause very similar withdrawal effects, and medical professionals in an inpatient detoxification center would keep them safe.

There isn't an exact protocol for each person in detoxification, because of the unique health differences that each person exhibits when arriving to the detoxification facility. Someone who is otherwise in good health may be in detox for 3 or 4 days and be released without much medical intervention, while another patient may need to have comprehensive treatment and intervention for 7 to 10 days or more. Safety is of the utmost concern, and also a transition to a rehabilitation facility for patients who need to take part in an actual drug and alcohol treatment program once detox is complete. Many detoxification facilities work with drug rehabilitation facilities to make this transition possible, since detoxification is only the first step in an overall recovery plan for people in recovery.

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