Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Lyons, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Lyons who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form 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 abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

For All Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers In Lyons, Click Here.