Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Point Clear, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Point Clear who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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