Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - St. Elizabeth, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in St. Elizabeth who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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