Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Hermitage, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Hermitage who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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