Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Starr, SC.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Starr who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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