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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Pontotoc who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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