Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Mc Kenzie, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Mc Kenzie who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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