Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Marshall, AR.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Marshall who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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