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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Eastabuchie who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies 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 prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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