Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Soldier, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Soldier who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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