Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Marion, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Marion who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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