Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Crenshaw, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Crenshaw who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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