Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Fulton, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Fulton who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural 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 must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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