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Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Elizabethtown who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.
Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.
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