Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Doniphan, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Doniphan who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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