Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Elizabethton, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Elizabethton who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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