Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Prosperity, SC.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Prosperity who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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