Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Santa Fe, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Santa Fe who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept 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 satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day 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. However, those 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 some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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