Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Liberty Center, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Liberty Center who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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