Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Mooresburg, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Mooresburg who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because 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 receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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