Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Lagro, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Lagro who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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