Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Antigo, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Antigo who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily 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 should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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