Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Burns, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Burns who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to 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. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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