Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Broxton, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Broxton who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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