Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Frohna, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Frohna who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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