Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Winfield, AL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Winfield who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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