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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Lafollette who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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