Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Berlin, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Berlin who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities 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 and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

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

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