Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Sledge, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Sledge who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing 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 activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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