Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Lehigh, KS.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Lehigh who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients 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. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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