Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Marrowbone, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Marrowbone who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on 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 which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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