Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - White Plains, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in White Plains who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged 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 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 therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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