Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Nappanee, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Nappanee who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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