Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Douglas, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Douglas who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which 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.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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