Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Seymour, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Seymour who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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