Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Eagan, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Eagan who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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