Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Amory, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Amory who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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