Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Silver City, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Silver City who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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