Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Mountain Brook, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Mountain Brook who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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