Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Pelzer, SC.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Pelzer who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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