Inpatient versus outpatient treatment options

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Inpatient versus outpatient treatment options: Medically supervised opiate detox

Like we have already mention, for any effective treatment of opiate addiction, the very first thing to be done is detoxification. This can either be done as an inpatient or outpatient hence our topic of discussion of “inpatient versus outpatient treatment options.

Inpatient detox – At an inpatient opiate detox, the client would check themselves into a facility (typically between 4-14 days in length) where they would be monitored by qualified personnel 24 hours a day. This is an extremely effective means of detoxification from opiates like heroin or OxyContin. Sometimes, if a client has checked into a 28 day program (or a longer term inpatient treatment program), they will start off in detox and then move into another room where they will live during their treatment stay. The financial implications about inpatient detox are that it can be extremely expensive. Ordinarily many insurance health policies will cover an inpatient detox stay only after one has attempted numerous outpatient detoxes.

Outpatient detox – An a medically supervised outpatient opiate detox is also a detox supervised by a medical professional where medication is used over a determined period of time to move the client from a physical addiction to opiates through a taper of medication to an opiate-free life. This is done on an outpatient basis, where the client comes to see the doctor, is assessed and then a plan is determined to use medication to slowly get the client off their physical dependency to narcotics. The downside to an outpatient opiate detox is the client is not monitored 24/7 by staff. This constant monitoring does not make the detox any less safe, as it has been determined that an opiate detox easily can be medically done on an outpatient or ambulatory level of care.

The truth about this is that a person physically dependent to heroin or painkillers is going to have some withdrawal pain, even with a medically supervised detox. And in fact they are going to be uncomfortable and feel awkward. From experience doctor Akoury is registering that medicine and the addiction treatment industry experts are working round the clock to make this process as painless and comfortable as possible, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy or quick or painless. Nor should it be. Addicts are always looking for a quick fix and as it relates to opiate detox, there isn’t one.

Inpatient versus outpatient treatment options: Benefits of outpatient detox

An outpatient opiate detox does have some benefits for the client like:

• They have the ability to still go to work or to school and not have to miss time away.
• They get to stay in their own home.
• It allows them to immediately go to 12 Step meetings and get connected into those fellowships of many people who have experienced what they are going through, can identify with the client and offer help and support.
• It is also much cheaper than an inpatient medical detox and insurance companies are often more likely to pay for an outpatient opiate detox outright than an inpatient detox.

Finally, it is very important to note that up on arriving at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, our team of experts will give you special attention and care to benefit from the services we offer which include a medically supervised opiate detox on an outpatient level of care. And because an opiate detox does not offer a solution to an opiate addiction, we will also advice you as our valued client that up on receiving an opiate detox at our center, to also consider engaging in the full treatment this is very important not just to us but most importantly to you. As professionals we believe in a holistic approach to treating addiction and that is what we will deliver to you.

Inpatient versus outpatient treatment options: Medically supervised opiate detox

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