Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Clarkdale, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Clarkdale who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates 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 enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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