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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Midway who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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