Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Tuscumbia, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Tuscumbia who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior 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 stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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