Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Faunsdale, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Faunsdale who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because 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 and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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