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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Trafalgar who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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