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Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Louisville who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.
Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.
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