Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Ekron, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Ekron who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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