Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Abbotsford, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Abbotsford who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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