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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Darden who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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