Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Whitesville, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Whitesville who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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