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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Omega who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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