Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Fort Deposit, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Fort Deposit who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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