Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - High Shoals, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in High Shoals who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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