Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Sharon Springs, KS.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Sharon Springs who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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