Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Bentonia, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Bentonia who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal 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, those starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact 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 detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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