Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Graff, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Graff who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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