Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Blue River, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Blue River who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal 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 need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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