Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Limestone, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Limestone who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors 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 involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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