Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Dwarf, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Dwarf who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. 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 every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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