Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Lake Helen, FL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Lake Helen who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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