Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Ionia, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Ionia who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on 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 which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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