Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Burlington, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Burlington who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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