Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Mount Vernon, KY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Mount Vernon who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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