Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Crandall, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Crandall who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons 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 must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate 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 considerably high.

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