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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Granville who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since 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 neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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