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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Franklin 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 notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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