Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Taylor, AR.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Taylor who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which 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.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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