Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Hernando, FL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Hernando who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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