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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Crump who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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