Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Hymera, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Hymera who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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