Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Ochlocknee, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Ochlocknee who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior 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 neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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