Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Tippecanoe, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Tippecanoe who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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