Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Alva, FL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Alva who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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