Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Falcon, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Falcon who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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