Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Sulphur Springs, AR.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Sulphur Springs who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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