Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Needham, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Needham who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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