Licensed medical detox for drugs and alcohol
Which detox admits Fort Lauderdale residents the same day?
Our licensed detox sits in Pompano Beach, about 12 miles north of Fort Lauderdale, and takes you off alcohol and drugs the same day you call whenever a bed is open.
A nurse checks on you day and night, your prescriber eases withdrawal with medication, and you move straight into treatment when detox ends.
Call admissions now. We verify your insurance on the call and tell you what is covered, what is open this week and which program you qualify for.
How soon can detox admit you from Fort Lauderdale?
The same day, whenever a bed is open. Admissions picks up at any hour, and from most Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods the drive here takes under half an hour once you hang up.
On that call, admissions asks about your health and your use: which substances, how much, and the time of your last drink or dose. Then they verify your insurance and give you an arrival time. Someone sober should drive you. From downtown, it is a straight run north on I-95 or up US-1 through Oakland Park and into Pompano Beach.
If family is coming from Orlando or Miami to be with you, Brightline runs into its downtown Fort Lauderdale station, and the drive north from there is about 12 miles. If you are calling for someone else, the same call works. Stay on the call beside them while they talk it through with us.
Can a Fort Lauderdale ER admit you to detox?
Yes. After an ER visit for withdrawal or for using, you or the hospital’s discharge team call us before you walk out.
If you are reading this from a hospital bed at Broward Health Medical Center, Holy Cross Hospital or another Broward ER, you are in the right place to start. The emergency team treats what brought you in. Detox is the next step, and leaving the hospital straight into our care closes the gap where it is easiest to go back to using.
Broward Health Medical Center sits on South Andrews Avenue south of downtown, and Holy Cross Hospital is on North Federal Highway, on the way north to us. Give the hospital our number, or call admissions yourself from your room. We check your insurance while you are still there.
Who needs medical detox in Fort Lauderdale?
You need medical detox when your body fights back as you stop: you drink or use daily, quitting leaves you sick, or the drug is alcohol, opioids, fentanyl or a benzodiazepine.
Three signs carry the most weight:
- You need a drink or a dose first thing to feel normal
- A day without it leaves you shaky, sweating, aching or unable to sleep
- You have tried to stop on your own and the first days beat you
Any one of them is enough. Alcohol, benzodiazepines and opioids all need medical care to stop, and using more than one at a time makes detox something to do with a team around you.
Why is our detox right for Fort Lauderdale callers?
Detox the Same Day You Call
Admissions sets your arrival time on the call whenever a bed is free, and a sober driver brings you up I-95 from the city.
A Nurse Through the Night
Through the night on our Pompano Beach unit, nurses check on you by the clock, and your prescriber changes your medication as your symptoms shift.
Alcohol, Opioids and Benzos
Alcohol, fentanyl, heroin, painkillers and benzodiazepines each get their own withdrawal plan from your prescriber.
Straight From the ER to Detox
In a Fort Lauderdale emergency room right now? Phone us from the ward and we sort out your insurance while you are still a patient.
Treatment Booked Before Detox Ends
Before you leave detox for home in Fort Lauderdale or a live-in bed, your case manager has the next program booked, so nothing falls between the two.
Detox Covered by Broward Plans
Florida Blue, Aetna, Cigna and most Broward plans cover medically supervised detox. Admissions confirms yours.
How do you get to detox from Fort Lauderdale?
Getting Driven to Detox From Downtown
Someone sober drives you north on I-95 or up US-1 through Oakland Park. From downtown the trip takes 20 to 25 minutes.
Coming to Detox From a Hospital Bed
At Broward Health Medical Center or Holy Cross Hospital, ask the discharge nurse or a relative to ring admissions before you go.
Family Arriving for Detox Day
Family flying in lands at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International. Family on Brightline arrives downtown, 12 miles from us.
What happens in detox at our Pompano Beach facility?
When you arrive, a nurse records your history and the prescriber orders your withdrawal medication. After that, nurses check on you at fixed times, day and night.
You have a bed, meals that are easy on your stomach, plenty of fluids and somewhere quiet to sleep. When symptoms rise, someone is already there to adjust your medication, so you are never left riding it out.
For alcohol, your prescriber uses a benzodiazepine taper and gives thiamine from the first day. For opioids, buprenorphine eases withdrawal and cravings within hours. For benzodiazepines, the taper is slow and steady. Our alcohol detox and drug detox pages cover each in full.
As you feel steadier, you start meeting your therapist and case manager, so your team sets your next step before detox ends.
How long does detox last for Fort Lauderdale patients?
For alcohol, three to seven days. For most opioids, five to ten. A slow benzodiazepine taper runs longer.
How long yours runs depends on what you have been using and for how long. Withdrawal from short-acting opioids begins inside roughly 12 hours of the last dose, as MedlinePlus, the National Library of Medicine’s guide to opioid withdrawal, sets out, and with medication the worst of it passes within the first week.
Your prescriber sits down with you daily to walk through the plan and mark your progress in it, so the next step never comes as a surprise.
Does insurance cover detox in Fort Lauderdale?
Yes. Florida Blue and other Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, Aetna, Cigna and most other plans sold in Broward County cover medically supervised detox.
Detox is medically necessary care, so it is one of the most widely covered parts of addiction treatment. Because the stay is short, admissions finishes the benefits check and authorization the same day you call.
Your price comes from your deductible, from whether your plan has us in network, and from your share once the deductible is behind you. Admissions tells you the number for free before you arrive. Without insurance, admissions sets out the self-pay cost.
How much does detox cost in Fort Lauderdale?
With insurance, your cost is your deductible and your share after it, and admissions gives you the exact figure on the first call.
Two things move the number most: what you have paid toward this year’s deductible so far, and our network status with your plan. Out of network, we tell you the gap in dollars before you decide, not in policy language. Paying yourself? You get a self-pay price from admissions for detox and for each stage that comes after.
The call and the benefits check cost nothing, and we charge nothing until you choose an admission date.
Detox for Fort Lauderdale Residents
We admit you from anywhere in the city, at any hour admissions has a bed.
Licensed Medical Detox Team
Your prescriber approves your plan, and a nurse checks each dose you get.
Detox Into Treatment, No Gap
Detox ends and, that same day, the same team begins your rehab, PHP or IOP.
Is detox or rehab better for you?
You need both: detox gets you safely off alcohol or drugs, and rehab is the treatment that keeps you off.
Detox treats your body. Treatment works on what led to using and what pulls you back. Relapse hits hardest when people stop at detox, which is why detox here moves you straight into the next level of care with the same team.
Detox leads into one of three programs: living on site at our rehab for Fort Lauderdale residents, or, from home, a partial hospitalization program or intensive outpatient. Your assessment sets which one fits.
What happens after detox for Fort Lauderdale residents?
You move straight into treatment, then step down to outpatient care a short drive from home in Fort Lauderdale.
Discharge planning starts on your first day. Your case manager books the next level of care, lines up any medication and walks your family through what happens next, all before your final detox day. After treatment you stay part of our alumni program, with weeknight groups an easy drive from Fort Lauderdale.
When a return home is too soon, we arrange a certified sober home a short trip from your outpatient program. If you work shifts at Port Everglades or in one of the beach hotels, your case manager plans your return-to-work date with you before detox ends.
What if your loved one refuses detox?
Call admissions anyway. Together we plan what you say to them, and Florida law opens a legal path for families when a person in danger refuses help.
Our intervention services plan the conversation and keep a detox bed waiting, so your loved one comes in the moment they say yes.
When someone’s use has put them at risk and they refuse help, Florida’s Marchman Act allows a court-ordered assessment and stabilization. In Broward County, that can include protective custody to a licensed detox facility, and petitions go to the courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale, the county seat. It is a serious step, and admissions talks it through with you before you take it.
Is our detox licensed and confidential?
Yes. We operate a licensed medical detox, and under HIPAA, anything you share stays with you and your care team.
Every plan carries a prescriber’s sign-off, and a nurse checks each dose. Your team sets your level of care after detox with the ASAM criteria. Your employer learns only what you choose to share, and your case manager can file leave paperwork for you.
Each nearby city has a page of its own: detox in Hollywood, detox in Coral Springs and detox in Deerfield Beach.
North of the city, the program itself runs in Pompano Beach, and detox in Pompano Beach explains what that looks like for people who live there.
Other programs we run for Fort Lauderdale residents: outpatient rehab in Fort Lauderdale and dual diagnosis treatment in Fort Lauderdale.
How do you start detox from Fort Lauderdale today?
Call admissions now. We verify your insurance on the call and tell you what is covered, what is open this week and which program you qualify for. If detox cannot wait, we bring you in today whenever a bed is open.
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