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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Shawanee who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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