Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Cannelburg, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Cannelburg who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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