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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Oneida who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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