Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Gore Springs, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Gore Springs who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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