Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Bolingbroke, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Bolingbroke who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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