Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Lynn, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Lynn who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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