Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Jacksonville Beach, FL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Jacksonville Beach who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused 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 and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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