Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Belton, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Belton who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize 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 since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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