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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Greentop who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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