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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Keene who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates 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 must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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