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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Arkdale who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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