Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - North Lauderdale, FL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in North Lauderdale who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize 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 will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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