Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Goodwin, AR.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Goodwin who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on 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 receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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