Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Kosse, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Kosse who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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