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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Goshen who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates 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 other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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