Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Pine Lake, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Pine Lake who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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