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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Bloomingdale who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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