Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Butte Des Morts, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Butte Des Morts who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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