Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Salem, NE.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Salem who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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