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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Decatur who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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