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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Resaca who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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