Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Barlow, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Barlow who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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