Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Beatrice, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Beatrice who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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