Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Pontotoc, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Pontotoc who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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