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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Barronett who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors 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 involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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