Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Vancleave, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Vancleave who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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