Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Aiken, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Aiken who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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