Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Algoma, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Algoma who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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