Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Eight Mile, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Eight Mile who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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