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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Quincy who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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