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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Frankewing who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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