Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Redfield, AR.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Redfield who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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