Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Graham, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Graham who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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