Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Castleberry, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Castleberry who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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