Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Gwynneville, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Gwynneville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and 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.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered far 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 since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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