Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Jacksboro, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Jacksboro who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and 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 prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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