Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - St. Meinrad, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in St. Meinrad who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking 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 and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities 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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