Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Palmyra, NE.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Palmyra who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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