Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Locust Fork, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Locust Fork who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking 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 very high.

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