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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Haralson who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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