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Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Swainsboro, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Swainsboro who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because 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 and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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