Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Coatesville, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Coatesville who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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