Hospital inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation is a type of rehabilitation which is carried out in a hospital facility and is conducted by health professionals and other healthcare staff. Hospital inpatient treatment is occasionally needed in the case of life threatening symptoms of withdrawal, which is sometimes the case with alcohol and with a class of medical drug called benzodiazepines which must be monitored very carefully by medical professionals in case of any complications. Hospital inpatient rehab may be delivered to people in Alton who choose to take part in medication assisted withdrawal, which is often the situation with individuals in Alton who are dependent to opiates and want to use this type of detox approach to avoid the harsh symptoms connected with heroin or other opiate withdrawal. This form of opiate withdrawal is not considered rehabilitation all alone however, and individuals will need further time spent in rehab to completely recover from opiate addiction.