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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Iuka who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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