Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Plato, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Plato who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on 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 stimulates 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 other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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