Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Monterey, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Monterey who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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