Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Sardis, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Sardis who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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