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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Clara who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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