Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Oxford, FL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Oxford who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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