Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Geuda Springs, KS.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Geuda Springs who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using 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 and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. 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 logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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