Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Cedarburg, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Cedarburg who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates 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 involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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