Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Monticello, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Monticello who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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