Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Bird City, KS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Bird City who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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