Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Waverly, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Waverly who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy 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 many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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