Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Manokin, MD.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Manokin who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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