Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Harvard, NE.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Harvard who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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