Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Leitchfield, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Leitchfield who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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