Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Hamilton, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Hamilton who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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