Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Osyka, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Osyka who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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