Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Randolph, KS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Randolph who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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