Residential Rehab

Whether you can bring cash or credit cards to residential rehab depends on the facility’s policy; many programs limit valuables and recommend bringing only what is necessary for approved personal expenses.

What happens to your car during residential rehab depends on the facility’s parking policy; some programs may allow approved long-term parking, while others may require you to arrange off-site storage or another driver.

Whether you can drive yourself to detox or residential rehab depends on your condition and the facility’s policy, but you should never drive if intoxicated, sedated, withdrawing unsafely, or otherwise impaired.

Yes. If an urgent or emergency medical problem occurs during residential rehab, a patient can be transferred or sent to an emergency department when the residential program cannot safely manage the condition.

If you become sick or injured during residential rehab, staff should assess the situation, provide care within the program’s capabilities, and arrange outside or emergency medical evaluation when a higher level of medical care is needed.

If you need a medication refill during residential rehab, tell the treatment team before the supply runs out so the prescription, prescriber, pharmacy, and medication-safety requirements can be coordinated.

When you enter detox, existing prescriptions are typically reviewed and reconciled so clinicians can decide which medications should continue, change, pause, or receive closer monitoring during withdrawal management.

Clinical stabilization is the process of reducing acute intoxication, withdrawal, medical, psychiatric, and behavioral risks enough for a patient to participate safely in the next phase of addiction treatment.

Before leaving detox, medically stable generally means acute intoxication and withdrawal risks have improved enough that the person no longer needs the same level of medical monitoring and can safely transition to the next level of care.

COWS is an 11-item clinician-administered scale used to rate opioid withdrawal signs and symptoms and help guide clinical monitoring and treatment decisions.