Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Harrison, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Harrison who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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