Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Danville, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Danville who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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