Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Pathfork, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Pathfork who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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