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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Fowler who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities 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. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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