Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Sherard, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Sherard who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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