Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Ethel, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Ethel who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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