Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Cedar Hill, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Cedar Hill who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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