Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Lexington, NE.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Lexington who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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