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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Franklin who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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