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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Scotland who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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