Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Oxford, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Oxford who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities 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 and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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