Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Water Valley, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Water Valley who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using 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 and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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