Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Windsor, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Windsor who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day 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 should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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