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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Watson who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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