Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Paint Rock, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Paint Rock who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons 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 must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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