Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Scipio, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Scipio who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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