Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Jacksonville, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Jacksonville who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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