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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Hogansville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method 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 brought on 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 which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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