Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Hoover, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Hoover who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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