Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Bloomfield, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Bloomfield 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 idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates 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.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily 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. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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