Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - New Washington, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in New Washington who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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