Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Sandersville, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Sandersville who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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