Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Madison, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Madison who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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