Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Van Vleet, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Van Vleet who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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