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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Winona who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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