Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Mc Adams, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Mc Adams who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered 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 therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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