Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Coldwater, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Coldwater who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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