Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Warm Springs, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Warm Springs 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 idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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