Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Wheeler, MS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Wheeler who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven 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 neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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