Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Deer Park, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Deer Park who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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