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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Doddsville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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