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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Wellborn who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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