Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Bellevue, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Bellevue who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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