Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Mitchell, NE.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Mitchell who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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