Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Mason, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Mason who are dependent and 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 clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused 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 and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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