Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Coosa, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Coosa who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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