Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Paoli, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Paoli who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities 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 stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled 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 people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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