Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Covington, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Covington who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities 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 which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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