Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Frankford, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Frankford who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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