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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Tishomingo 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 abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors 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 must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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