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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Wakefield who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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