Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Chickamauga, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Chickamauga who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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