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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Climax who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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