Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - St. Croix, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in St. Croix who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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