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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Cadiz who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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