Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Dalton, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Dalton who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven 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 which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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