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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Stephenville who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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