Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Fairview, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Fairview who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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