Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Willard who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.
Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.
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