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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Wellston who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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