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Medically Assisted Alcohol Detox

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Understanding Medically Assisted Alcohol Detox

Have you ever drank too much one night and woke up the next morning with a pounding headache, sweating, and throwing up? Yes, I’m referring to a hangover.

Essentially, the way that alcohol interacts with your brain and the rest of your body throwing your biological systems out of balance. If you continue to drink heavily over an extended period of time, then your body beings to change the way it works to adapt to alcohol consumption. You will notice that over time you can drink more and more alcohol without experiencing a hangover. We refer to this as an alcohol tolerance. However, when you stop drinking alcohol, your body does not automatically go back to its regular balance. It takes time for your brain and body to re-adjust to a non-alcohol consumed state, resulting in a number of unpleasant and potentially dangerous symptoms.

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When to Seek Medically Assisted Detox

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One of the most unpleasant and deterring parts of detox is the withdrawal symptoms that can accompany it. Some people prefer to take detox on in their home as it is a familiar place where they have all their personal things. Others will detox in a facility that is designed and staffed to specifically support the drug and alcohol detox process. Many detox facilities offer medically assisted detox treatment to help manage withdrawal symptoms as best as possible. In fact, this type of treatment is one of the main reasons that individuals do often choose a detox facility over at-home detox.

What Does Medical Detox Involve?

Medical detox, or medically assisted detox, is a process that uses a mix of medical means and therapy to cleanse the body of any toxic substances and to give an individual’s body and mind a clean slate as they begin their sober life. The use of medications also manages many of the symptoms the accompany detox from various drugs and alcohol. Therapy can help with developing life skills to avoid relapse and identifying any underlying mental health disorders.

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How to Pay for Drug or Alcohol Detox Treatment & Rehab

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Drug & alcohol detox treatment is easier and safer at a medical detox center, but it also is not inexpensive. Requiring 24/7 monitoring and care, medication, a room, food, and more, there is a lot to offering detox treatment. Additionally, detox is typically followed by residential or outpatient treatment that, depending on the level of care and location, can be costly as well. If you are looking to get treatment for yourself or a loved one, but you are not sure how payment works, here is a quick look at the options:

Private Insurance

Depending on the provider and plan, private insurance will cover some or most of your treatment at a detox center or another addiction rehab center. The majority of treatment facilities accept insurance from all major providers including United Healthcare, Aetna, Cigna, Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Whether you are enrolled in an insurance plan via your employer, directly through the insurance provider, or through healthcare.gov, there is a good chance you have coverage.

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What to Consider When Selecting a Drug and Alcohol Detox Center

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Whether it is for yourself or a loved one, selecting the best drug and alcohol detox center is critical to ensuring a successful recovery for the addict. For first those entering recovery for the first time, you may be wondering what there is to consider that you aren’t thinking about. For an addict who has relapsed and is entering detox again, you may want to consider factors that you did not think about before.

Whatever the case, below is a comprehensive list of factors to consider and questions that the addict or the addict’s loved one should ask when contacting a detox facility.

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How Do Detox Facilities Alleviate Withdrawal Symptoms?

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Detoxing from alcohol or drugs is a difficult time for anyone with an addiction, especially with the withdrawal symptoms that usually come soon afterward. These symptoms can be both physically and emotionally draining for someone.

A lot of people who want to sober up put it off because of the withdrawal process and its effects. Whether they have gone through it previously or know from someone else’s experience, this fear stops many from going through detox. However, detox facilities are trained to know what strategies will lessen these symptoms.

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Importance of Detox in a Medical Environment

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Detox is the first step in drug and alcohol treatment. Although some people will try to detox at home, there is great importance to detox in a medical environment. In a medical detox setting, the patient gets care around the clock and professionals committed to doing anything they can to make him or her feel as comfortable as possible. By getting through this first step of the detox process with the least amount of pain as possible, the patient will develop a mindset that being substance-free doesn’t have to be painful.

Recovery isn’t just about quitting the abuse of drugs or alcohol, it’s a lifelong recovery process. By beginning your recovery in a detox program, you will be able to come out feeling better and thinking straight, ready to continue on the road to recovery.