Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Vicksburg, MI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Vicksburg who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors 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.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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