Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Stet, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Stet who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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