Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Lenox, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Lenox who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven 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 activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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