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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Liberty who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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