Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Belle Glade, FL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Belle Glade who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons 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.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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