Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Augusta, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Augusta who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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