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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Strawberry who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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