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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Elliott who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to 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. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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