Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Portland, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Portland who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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