Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Auburntown, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Auburntown who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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