Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Hesston who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. 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 abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.
Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.
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