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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Lochloosa who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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