Hospital inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation is a kind of treatment that is carried out in a hospital setting and is conducted by medical practitioners and other healthcare specialists. Hospital inpatient rehabilitation is at times needed in the case of life threatening withdrawal symptoms, which is often the case with alcohol as well as a category of medical drug called benzodiazepines which must be monitored very cautiously by medical professionals to avoid any problems. Hospital inpatient treatment may be delivered to individuals in Athens who want to go through medication assisted withdrawal, which is sometimes the case with individuals in Athens that are addicted to opiates and wish to utilize this type of detoxification technique to avoid the serious symptoms associated with heroin or other opiate withdrawal. This form of opiate withdrawal is not considered rehabilitation in itself however, and individuals will need additional counseling and therapy to completely recover from opiate addiction.