Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Dickens, NE.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Dickens who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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