Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Huntington Woods, MI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Huntington Woods who are dependent and addicted to 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 involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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