Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Gallipolis, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Gallipolis who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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