Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Coon Valley, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Coon Valley who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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