Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Franklin, KS.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Franklin who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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