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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Lilburn who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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