Hospital inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation is a type of rehabilitation which is carried out in a medical setting and is delivered by medical practitioners and other healthcare specialists. Hospital inpatient rehabilitation is often required if there is any chance of life threatening symptoms of withdrawal, which is occasionally the case with alcohol and with a category of medical drug referred to as benzodiazepines which must be overseen very carefully by medical specialists in case of any problems. Hospital inpatient rehab may be delivered to people in Empire who want to go through medication assisted withdrawal, which is often the case with people in Empire who are addicted to opiates and wish to use this kind of withdrawal approach to prevent the serious symptoms associated with heroin or other opiate withdrawal. This form of opiate detoxification is not considered treatment all alone however, and individuals will need much more counseling and therapy to completely overcome opiate addiction.