Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Tutwiler, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Tutwiler who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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