Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - New Hampton, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in New Hampton who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since 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 receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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