Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Sanderson, FL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Sanderson who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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