Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Daphne, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Daphne who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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