Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Lake Park, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Lake Park who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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