Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Buckner, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Buckner who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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