Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Mount Calm, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Mount Calm who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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