Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Tusculum, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Tusculum who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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