Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Sabine Pass, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Sabine Pass who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

For All Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers In Sabine Pass, Click Here.