Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Rome, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Rome who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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