Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Leland, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Leland who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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