Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Oneida, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Oneida who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because 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 neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose 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 beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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