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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Cromwell who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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