Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Jensen Beach, FL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Jensen Beach who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities 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 and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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