Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Ecorse, MI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Ecorse who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis 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 beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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