Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Tyrone, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Tyrone who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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