Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Concan, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Concan who are 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 involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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