Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Caplinger Mills, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Caplinger Mills who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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