Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Covington, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Covington who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult 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 considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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