Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Batesville, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Batesville who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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