Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Toxey, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Toxey who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, 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 certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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