Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Woodsboro, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Woodsboro who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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