Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Beauty, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Beauty who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which 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 other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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