Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Perdue Hill, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Perdue Hill who are dependent and 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 people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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