Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Broaddus, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Broaddus who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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