Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Garland, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Garland who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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