Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Juniata, NE.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Juniata who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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