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Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Lincoln who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to 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 neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.
People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.
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