Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Bakewell, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Bakewell who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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