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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Cawker City who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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