Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Wadena, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Wadena who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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