Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Townley, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Townley who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates 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 other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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