Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Red Cloud, NE.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Red Cloud who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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