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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Thonotosassa who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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