Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Blue Springs, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Blue Springs who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type 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. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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