Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Means, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Means who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because 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. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high 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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