Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Royal Center, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Royal Center who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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