Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Fort Valley, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Fort Valley who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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