Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Yeoman, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Yeoman who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to realize 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 many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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