Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Woodland Mills, TN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Woodland Mills who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact 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 some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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