Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Green, KS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Green who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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