Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Barksdale, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Barksdale who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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