Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Blue Ridge Manor, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Blue Ridge Manor who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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