Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Germantown, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Germantown who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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