MEDICAL DETOXIFICATION IN TEXAS
MEDICAL DETOXIFICATION IN TEXAS:
Texas-based Summer Sky Treatment Center® expands access to its medical detoxification center to the entire State of Texas. Texas is a very large State, and now you can arrange detoxification services from anywhere in the State of Texas. Summer Sky Treatment Center® is known for its innovative approach to Medical Detoxification. No matter what city you reside in Texas, we can help you arrange for medical detoxification.
Detoxification:
Detox or more specifically detoxification is a medical procedure that is used to eliminate alcohol or drugs from one’s body. Detoxification can relieve the discomfort associated with the withdrawal process that people go through when they have a severe substance use disorder. It is advisable to enter a medical detox facility to prevent the devolvement of more serious symptoms of the withdrawal process because some withdrawal symptoms can be life-threatening.
The withdrawal process can increase over time with more serious effects on the body system. Some people may not realize that if the withdrawal syndrome begins and medical interventions are not utilized that the unmanaged symptoms can create other medical complications. This is another reason why people should schedule their admission into a medical detoxification program before discontinuing their usage of a physically addictive substance.
An individual who has been experiencing compulsive or uncontrolled use of one or more substances will often require help from a detoxification program. Detox programs will help remove toxic and harmful substances from the body during the detoxification process. A medical detox program will help a person to manage their acute withdrawal symptoms.
Alcohol Detox Programs
Alcohol detoxification programs provide the safest setting for the treatment of alcohol use disorders. People with severe alcohol use disorders will need the assistance of an alcohol detox program to help them become alcohol-free and return to a state of equilibrium. People with severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms will require pharmacological interventions that are offered by the alcohol medical detoxification program.
The safety of people detoxifying from alcohol is of utmost importance when they are becoming alcohol-free. It is always best to enter an alcohol detoxification program to help with the detoxification process. Medical Detox programs will manage withdrawal symptoms to keep complications such as delirium tremens (DTs) and seizures from occurring.
Alcohol Detoxification Withdrawal Symptoms
| Restlessness | Anxiety | Agitation |
| Irritability | Anorexia (lack of appetite) | Nausea |
| vomiting | Tremor (shakiness) | Elevated heart rate |
| Increased blood pressure | Insomnia | Intense dreaming |
| Nightmares | Poor concentration | Impaired memory |
| Poor judgment | Increased sensitivity to sound | Increased Sensitivity to light |
| Tactile sensations | Hallucinations | Delusions |
The above alcohol withdrawal symptoms are a partial list of symptoms. There are other symptoms not listed above that people experience when they reduce the amount of alcohol they are drinking or abruptly stop using alcohol and they are dealing with a severe alcohol use disorder.
Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms That Require Immediate Medical Attention
There are some important signs and symptoms of acute alcohol withdrawal that an individual will need to be aware of to avoid adverse health consequences. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms range in severity from mild, to moderate, or severe. If you or a loved one are experiencing severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms, then seek medical attention immediately. Even mild tremors can eventually turn into massive convulsions or what we call withdrawal seizures.
Mild Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
People that are experiencing mild alcohol withdrawal symptoms have been known to exhibit pain and suffering, and seeking assistance or help from a medical alcohol detoxification program is a good idea to safeguard against escalating withdrawal symptoms that increase to more moderate or severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms. The withdrawal process can progress to more severe symptoms as time passes without proper medical intervention.
Moderate Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
While mild and moderate withdrawal symptoms sound less dangerous this can be misleading when it comes to alcohol withdrawal symptoms. The overall symptoms can quickly shift into more serious, dangerous, or life-threatening symptoms that cause medical disruptions or complications. It is always safer and more prudent to enter a medical detoxification program to ensure that proper medications are used to safely detoxify from alcohol.
Severe Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
The overall goal of alcohol withdrawal treatment or medical detoxification is to help relieve the individual’s discomfort and prevent more severe symptoms of withdrawal from occurring. The withdrawal process can be averted by planning and seeking help from an alcohol detox program before allowing symptoms to emerge. It can be a poor decision to attempt to detox at home or away from access to medical interventions.
If someone who is severely addicted to alcohol decreases their alcohol consumption or abruptly stops drinking alcohol, they can inadvertently find themselves moving into the withdrawal syndrome and for some people who are addicted to alcohol, this can be dangerous or fatal for some people.
Changes in mental status can be described as delirium (acute change in arousal and content), depression (chronic change in arousal), dementia (chronic change in arousal and content), and coma (dysfunction of arousal and content)
Symptoms and Signs of Conditions That Require Immediate Medical Attention
- A rapid change in mental status or delirium, falling in and out of consciousness
- Increasing anxiety and panic feelings
- Hallucinations (Visual, Auditory, or Pins & Needle sensations)
- Seizures
- Temperature greater than 100.4° F (Could be from an infection) or other medical problems
- Significant increases and/or decreases in blood pressure and dangerous heart rate
- Insomnia
- Abdominal pain
- Upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding
- Changes in the responsiveness of pupils
- Heightened deep tendon reflexes and ankle clonus, a reflex beating of the foot when pressed rostrally (i.e., toward the mouth of the patient), indicating profound central nervous system irritability
Estimated Times of Alcohol Withdrawal Onset
Alcohol Withdrawal can create an overactivity of an individual’s autonomic nervous system. Since this could take place shortly after alcohol consumption is reduced or stopped a person must be enrolled in a medical detox program to avoid medical complications. The nervous system normally would help manage an individual’s body’s response to stress. However, this normal function is disrupted when alcohol withdrawal symptoms emerge. The typical symptoms begin to appear 6 to 48 hours after heavy alcohol usage is decreased.
Some symptoms like headaches, tremors, sweating, agitation, anxious feelings, anxiety, irritability, nausea, vomiting, heightened sensitivity to light and sound, and disorientation can intensify or diminish around 24 to 48 hours it is suggested a person go into a medical detox program. There is no reason to risk experiencing adverse health complications by choosing to not get help from an alcohol rehab detoxification program.
Delirium Tremens (DTs) with Alcohol Detoxification
To say that delirium tremens are dangerous for people with alcohol use disorders is an understatement. They can be fatal or present life-threatening complications for someone without medical care. They are Intense and more severe than other withdrawal symptoms.
An individual who enters the delirium tremens phase of withdrawal will become agitated; experience tremors or shaking and may not be aware of who they are or where they are located. The hallucinations are very common at this point. The heart rate will rapidly increase along with increased breathing and higher pulse rates. Blood pressure may become erratic, and it can all start 2-to 4-days after an individual’s last usage of alcohol.
Summer Sky Medical Detoxification Programs
Medical detoxification includes the elimination of substances in the body. Many people become addicted to repeated usage of harmful substances. The detoxification process involves treating the withdrawal symptoms associated with substance use disorders and substance-induced disorders.
Summer Sky provides everyone with the current best practices in the medical field associated with managing the process of withdrawal. You will have access to our medical doctors, nurses, and clinicians during the entire detox process.
Detoxification Safety
Medical Detoxification needs to be performed in a detoxification program to ensure safety. This is often performed under the care of a medical doctor and with the help of nursing professionals. It can be dangerous attempting to detoxify yourself without trained medical professionals.
It is always advised to utilize the expertise of medical staff when stopping an addictive substance. Safe detoxification procedures called detox protocols will be followed by Summer Sky to ensure your detox is safe and to help provide as much comfort as possible during the detoxification process.
Detoxification by itself is not substance use disorder treatment. However, it is the first step in the process of treatment that allows an individual to prepare to become free from alcohol or drugs. Without clearing the body and mind from chemicals, the next phases of treatment are difficult to achieve without becoming free of substances. We highly stress seeking help through detoxification before attempting to engage in treatment or any other recovery support systems.
Medically Managed Withdrawal
The medical detoxification process consists of three important phases:
- Evaluation
- Stabilization
- Encouraging Individual readiness for substance use treatment
During the evaluation phase, medical professionals will evaluate and assess the level of intensity that you will need for the medically managed withdrawal process. This will help with the stabilization phase and address your appropriate needs. Each person will have specific medical needs that will need to be addressed during the medically managed withdrawal process.
Once the medically managed withdrawal process is completed our medical staff, and clinical staff will help you with determining what level of treatment you should have next based on your situation.
Alcohol Detox:
Alcohol detoxification (Detox) is the medical process of removing alcohol from one’s body. People that are addicted to alcohol will require medical detoxification to become alcohol-free from the substance. Since it is dangerous to attempt to stop drinking alcohol without the help of medical professionals at a detox facility, it is recommended that if you are experiencing an alcohol addiction that you seek help immediately.
Alcohol Detoxification involves helping a person who has been drinking alcohol remove the substance from their body safely. Monitoring this process is especially important for someone who has a history of being addicted to alcohol. People that are addicted to alcohol sometimes present to treatment with elevated blood alcohol levels and have previously developed a tolerance to the substance.
Depending on the alcohol concentrations in the body will depend on the medical interventions needed during the detox process. The first aspect of medical detox is to help a person who may be experiencing alcohol intoxication reduce the levels of alcohol in their system.
The medical detox monitoring process will involve monitoring vital functions, protecting respiration, and observing aspiration, hypoglycemia, and thiamin deficiency. The goal is to eliminate the alcohol from the body so that detox medications can be utilized to detox the person from alcohol safely. This is a process that should be only performed by trained medical detox personnel.
Benzodiazepine Detox:
Summer Sky specializes in benzodiazepine detox and will accommodate individuals that have developed a substance-induced disorder or substance use disorder to a benzodiazepine. Most of the people that become dependent on benzodiazepines were originally therapeutically taking the medication before developing a benzodiazepine use disorder. However, some individuals do seek out the substance illegally and become addicted to the substance. No matter how you became addicted to benzodiazepines, our treatment center can help you safely detox from benzodiazepines.
Benzodiazepines are physically and mentally addictive substances, and once a person develops a substance use disorder, they will need medical detoxification to become abstinent from the benzodiazepines safely. Detoxification involves clearing the drug toxin from a person’s system. In addition to eliminating the substance from a person’s body, the medical detox staff will monitor and manage the signs and symptoms of withdrawal.
The benzodiazepine detox process will take longer than other substances to medically withdraw from a benzodiazepine. Medical supervision will be required for a person to be successfully detoxified. It is suggested that individuals that go through a benzodiazepine detox process also enter inpatient treatment following detox. Entering inpatient treatment will allow the body’s physiology to adjust to the absence of benzodiazepines.
Opioid Detox:
If you desire to become free from opioid medications or heroin, then Summer Sky can help you achieve medical detoxification from any opioid substance. Our opioid detox program is designed to help men or women become opioid-free. Summer Sky utilizes the best evidence-based anti-craving medications to help individuals avoid cravings associated with opioid use disorders.
When receiving detox for an opioid use disorder at Summer Sky our medical detoxification professionals will go out of their way to make sure your opioid withdrawal is as smooth as possible, and you are detoxified comfortably off opioid substances.
Summer Sky Opioid Detox Treatment:
Summer Sky offers a dedicated medical detox program that can be utilized by individuals with opioid use disorders. People are often amazed at how the medical staff will help them eliminate opioids from their body system. Once medical detox is completed, individuals will be able to examine if they need an anti-craving medication as they move forward into treatment and recovery. Summer Sky uses only FDA-approved medications to help our patients detox properly.
Opioid Use Disorder:
People that have an opioid disorder can be treated for their chronic illness. Treatment works and those that participate in treatment go on to live happy and productive lives without the use of opioid medications. Many people after medical detox choose to attend our 30-day treatment programs or our 90-day treatment programs to learn more skills to help them with their opioid addiction. The beautiful thing about attending our detoxification programs is that opioid substances are no longer blocking a person from making decisions.
Having a clear mind and body helps a person begin to focus on their overall needs. Now, of course, there are more issues and concerns to address during treatment, but medical detox is the beginning of the process of treatment. Patients with opioid use disorders will have access to medical care, and addiction counseling, as well as recovery support services.
Methamphetamine Detox:
Summer Sky offers medical detoxification to individuals that desire to become abstinent from methamphetamines. Everything begins with an individual deciding to pursue help for their methamphetamine addiction. Deciding to ask for help takes a lot of courage, and we understand that making a change to become chemical-free from methamphetamines is not the easiest decision to make for someone that is addicted to the substance.
When someone needs help for a methamphetamine use disorder, it is important to think about the entire picture of treatment. Medical detoxification is normally associated with stabilization, followed by residential treatment after the initial medical observation and stabilization process of detox.
Drug Rehab Programs:
When choosing a drug rehab program, it is important to consider a drug rehab program that offers medical detoxification and stabilization. Methamphetamines are the most frequently misused central nervous system stimulants. Drug rehab programs that offer medical detoxification go out of their way to provide a comfortable detox experience, especially considering that methamphetamine users are dealing with physical and psychological changes to their bodies immediately once the body begins to eliminate the substance.
Stimulant Withdrawal Syndrome:
When a person is experiencing stimulant withdrawal, they will need access to a complete medical detox program and stabilization unit. This can make all the difference in the world in safely removing methamphetamines from one’s body. Drug rehab programs that have internal detox facilities at their drug rehab facilities will help to ensure that an individual has access to medical doctors and nursing professionals onsite to help the person deal with their stimulant withdrawal syndrome.
Methamphetamine Loss of Control:
Methamphetamine users experience a profound loss of control over the amount of the substance they put into their bodies. Their brain is stimulated in such a way as to cause disruptions to the internal reward system in the brain. This disruption is noticed by the user once the methamphetamine substance begins to exit their bodies. There is an agitation experienced by the user when the drug is stopped, and the body begins eliminating the toxin from the brain. This agitation is a part of the withdrawal process.
The stimulation and disruption of internal reward centers in the brain are agitated as the substance is removed from the body, hence a person will seek out more of the substance to stop the agitation in the brain, and therefore a person that is in a detox and stabilization program can be helped as the agitation begins to surface during the stimulant withdrawal process. A person that is being medically observed in the detox and stabilization program is less likely to return to using since the agitation is being dealt with in treatment. Helping a person deal with cravings is important at this phase of treatment.
Detox Now™
Summer Sky offers a specialized inpatient detox program for those needing more than traditional medical detox services. Some people just need more help during medical detox, and they are not ready to discharge from detox without more observation and care for their medical and psychological needs. Our medical detox program incorporates stabilization into the detox program to help people transition smoother into a residential treatment program. The Best Detox Now™ program allows individuals that have multiple medical needs that need to be addressed in medical detox to receive that extra care.
The reality is everyone is different when it comes to needing medical detox, and some people just have more medical and psychological needs that must be addressed during the medical detox process. Summer Sky created the Best Detox Now™ program to help these individuals become better prepared for the continuing care process that proceeds with medical detoxification.
Substance-Induced Disorders:
Substance use disorders make up a broad range of severity. Some individuals have mild, moderate, or severe substance disorders and in many cases until a professional substance use disorder assessment is performed the determination of the severity level cannot be accurately made until the assessment is completed. This is where the Best Detox Now™ Program has an advantage over traditional medical detox programs.
Since a person that enters our Best Detox Now™ program will receive 10-days of detox and stabilization our medical and clinical treatment team will be able to help an individual become substance-free and stabilize any substance-induced disorders that a person may be experiencing during the initial stages of becoming alcohol or drug-free.
More Severe Substance-induced disorders:
- Intoxication
- Withdrawal
- Substance/medication-induced mental disorders
- Substance-induced psychotic disorders
- Substance-induced depressive disorders
Our Best Detox Now™ Program can help address substance-induced disorders that are more severe and stabilize an individual so that they can participate in residential treatment following medical detox.
The Summer Sky Detox Program is a licensed medical detoxification program that is accredited by The Joint Commission. We utilize evidence-based medications to help with the withdrawal process, and we make your detox experience as comfortable as possible. Our program is a medically monitored inpatient detoxification program. We provide 24-hour medically supervised detoxification services by our medical doctors and nurses.
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