Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Gurley, NE.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Gurley who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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