Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Gilliam, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Gilliam who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking 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 receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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