Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Sardis, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Sardis who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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