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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Hollytree who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. 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 using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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