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Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Plainwell, MI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Plainwell who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing 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 neurons 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.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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