Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Bloomington, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Bloomington who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method 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 abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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