Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Chula, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Chula who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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