Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - New Augusta, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in New Augusta who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea 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. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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