Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Junction City, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Junction City who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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