Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Foreman, AR.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Foreman who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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