Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Attica, KS.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Attica who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved 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 which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal 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 should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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