Women's
Detox Facts
Today, more than 4 million women in this country
use drugs. Women of all ages, races and cultures...
Women just like your best friend, your sister,
your co-worker, or your daughter... Women just
like you. Women who try to quit sometimes fail
at first. But help is available to overcome the
illness of drug abuse at Orange County Detox For
Women. Women who use drugs do not have to face
the problem alone.
• 9 million women in
the United States have used illegal drugs in
the past year.
• 3.7 million women have
taken prescription drugs non-medically during
the past year.
• More than 28,000 (70%)
of the AIDS cases among women are drug-related.
Almost half of all women age
15-44 have used drugs at least once in their life.
Of these women, nearly 2 million have used cocaine
and more than 6 million have used marijuana within
the past year. Most women drug abusers use more
than one drug.
Gender
Specific Detox Care
Separate Women's Detox
Units
Some alcohol and drug detox centers offer the
same medically-supervised and non-medical detox
services for both men and women. It's a well known
fact in the health-care industry that women have
different circumstantial needs, as well as different
physical, emotional and psychological needs as
those of men. Therefore, all alcohol and drug
detox services should be gender specific and housed
in completely separate units.
Detox Doctors
Upon arrival, each new woman is seen by an Addiction
Medicine Physician and at that time the doctor
will order the proper woman's detox protocol for
each individual's situation. When the new client
enters the unit, normally bed rest and good nourishment
is what takes place for at least the next 2-5
days, depending on the clients physical condition.
Also, if the doctor has prescribed any medications
our staff carefully monitors them and sees that
the doctors orders are followed to the letter.
Detox Safety, Privacy
and Comfort
Each detox unit is nicely furnished and offers
a warm, safe and comfortable environment, unlike
that of a sterile and impersonal hospital setting.
The detox units are staffed 24 hours per day with
experienced detox professionals who will monitor
each residents progress every half hour, until
she regains some of her strength and is clear
of any complications. The staff's priorities are
to protect the client until she's strong enough
to maintain her own safety, determine her immediate
needs and report them directly to the doctor,
who provides the client and the staff with whatever
is required to make the remainder of the women's
detox period as comfortable, safe and complication
free as possible.
Don't put the beginning
of a new life off another day!
If you're suffering from an alcohol or drug addiction
related problem, don't wait another day to do
something about it! The plain and simple truth
is, the longer you put off making the call, the
more severe your withdrawal symptoms are likely
to be.
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