Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Vandervoort, AR.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Vandervoort who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be 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 since detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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