Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Locust Grove, AR.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Locust Grove who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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