Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Coahoma, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Coahoma who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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