Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Drayton, SC.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Drayton who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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