Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Yatesville, GA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Yatesville who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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