Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Auburndale, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Auburndale who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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