Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Slocomb, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Slocomb who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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