Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Metter, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Metter who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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