Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Lago Vista, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Lago Vista who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since 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 receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

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

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