Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Meldrim, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Meldrim who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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