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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Lakemont who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same 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 take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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