Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Frankton, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Frankton who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons 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.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people 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 challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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