Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Piney Flats, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Piney Flats who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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