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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Mulvane who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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