Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Rock Spring, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Rock Spring who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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