Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Andersonville, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Andersonville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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