Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Gilt Edge, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Gilt Edge who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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