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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Winamac who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method 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 brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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