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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Columbus who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates 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.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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