Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Shelburn, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Shelburn who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

For All Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities In Shelburn, Click Here.