Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Knob Lick, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Knob Lick who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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