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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Briggsville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals 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 feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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