Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Mclean, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Mclean who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to 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 prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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