Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Kensington, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Kensington who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult 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 since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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