Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Smith Center, KS.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Smith Center who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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