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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Eaton who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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