Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Eidson, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Eidson who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients 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 and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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