Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Grissom Arb, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Grissom Arb who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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