Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Opa locka, FL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Opa locka who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using 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 neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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