Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Gaylesville, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Gaylesville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept 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 satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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