Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Dolomite, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Dolomite who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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