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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Ridgeville who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons 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.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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