Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Ramer, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Ramer who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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