Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Lawley, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Lawley who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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