Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Athelstane, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Athelstane who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice 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 on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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