Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Normandy, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Normandy who are dependent on 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 abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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