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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Chrisney who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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