Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Alexandria, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Alexandria who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities 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 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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