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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Gosnell who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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