Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Hermitage, AR.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Hermitage who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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