A Premier Alcohol Detox at Home
Executive Home Detox is a leader in the supervised outpatient detox of individuals going through alcohol withdrawal. We work with you in your home to provide a safe, physician-supervised withdrawal and implement sustainable practices to give you your life back, alcohol free. The Alcohol Home Detox provides ultimate levels of privacy. If you’re searching for answers on how to detox from alcohol at home or how to help someone detox from alcohol at home safely and discretely, for fifteen years Executive Home Detox has been your trusted & confidential source.
Detox Safely at Home: Treatment Services for Alcohol Dependence
Alcohol dependence is a serious, but treatable, medical condition. Alcoholism and alcohol dependence are typically traced to a client’s genetic predisposition, social environment, or emotional state. No matter the cause, an expert clinical nurse will supervise a safe medical home detox. The nurse will assess vital signs, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and temperature. A withdrawal scale, the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Scale of Alcohol (CIWA Scale) is utilized for withdrawal assessment. Re-assessment of your home detox treatment will be performed as often as is necessary to ensure a stable and successful recovery.
How to Detox from Alcohol at Home & Is It Safe?
Alcohol dependence and the detox process is a serious medical concern. EHD makes Alcohol home detox as safe as possible. The process is medically supervised by a qualified prescriber and a qualified detox nurse, one who is available to assess the client on an ongoing basis. The reputable publication American Family Physician published an article titled “Outpatient Detoxification of the Addicted or Alcoholic Patient” supporting outpatient detoxification. EHD also published its own article on the subject titled: Is Alcohol Home Detox Safe? Read it here.
Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms during Detox
Alcohol dependent individuals are at risk for negative symptoms when they cut back or stop drinking alcohol. These symptoms include:
- elevated pulse
- elevated blood pressure
- diaphoresis or sweats
- anxiety
- heart palpitations
- agitation
- tremors, fine to moderate hand tremors
Additionally, dependent individuals may experience seizures when they cut back or stop drinking alcohol.
Medications for Withdrawal and Detox to Ensure you Detox Safely at Home
Executive Home Detox employs Registered Nurses who are expert in administering and evaluating detox medications. There are many medications that may be prescribed to assist with alcohol withdrawal. A clinician expert on these medications should be consulted for more information.
Medication can be prescribed that will decrease the negative symptoms of alcohol detox and decrease the chance of a life threatening event, such as seizures or delirium tremens. Historically Benzodiazepines have been utilized to manage withdrawal, and additional medications have begun to be used as well. EHD partners with competent Consulting Physicians who can prescribe the appropriate medication.
Medications must be used judiciously to effectively manage the detoxification process. It is important to have clinicians who have expertise in prescribing and monitoring these medications.
Detoxification Protocols
Many treatment programs utilize accepted Alcohol Detox Protocols for the management of alcohol withdrawal. Protocols may identify what medications to give at what time and for what symptoms. Protocols also take into consideration the need to decrease the detox medication over a certain period of time. Executive Home Detox has a number of protocols for the prescribing physician or detox nurse to consider when prescribing medication for detox.
Medication Management to Sustain Recovery
Non-addictive, anti-craving medications may assist the individual in sustaining their recovery. These may include Naltrexone, Antabuse and Campral.
We strongly encourage clients to consider the use of these non-addictive medications, individually or together, to enhance the chances of sustaining recovery and preventing relapse. We work with the client and the prescribing clinician to evaluate the potential use of these medications.
The use of other types of medications, including antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and other psychotropics may assist in sleep, relapse prevention, and sustaining recovery.
EHD strongly encourages the client and the client’s family to consult with the client’s physician or primary care provider to discuss options related to the medical detoxification of alcohol at home or anywhere else. Options for the client will range from hospitalization to some type of supervised outpatient detox.