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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Wellman who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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