Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Amherst, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Amherst who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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