Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Mccomb, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Mccomb who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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