Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Cruger, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Cruger who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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