Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Geneva, FL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Geneva who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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