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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Brownstown who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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