Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Fort Wright, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Fort Wright 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 general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. 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 daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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